The Poet's Daughter: Living with Malek o'Shoara Bahar

Date
Tue February 14th 2012, 6:30pm
Event Sponsor
Iranian Studies Program
Location
Pigott Hall, Building 260, Room 113
The Poet's Daughter: Living with Malek o'Shoara Bahar
Speaker(s):
Parvaneh Bahar

Parvaneh Bahar was born in Tehran, Iran and came to the US in 1953. She has a B.A. in English Literature from American University and an M.S. from Catholic University of America in Washington DC. She worked for 29 years as Research Librarian for the World Bank and IMF Library and has written two books in Persian - Morgh Sahar: Khaterat Parvaneh Bahar (Memoir of Parvaneh Bahar) and Abeh Portaghal (Orange Juice). Parvaneh's third book, The Poet's Daughter: Malek o'Shoara Bahar of Iran and the Immortal Song of Freedom is in English and was published in September 2011.