The fact that I'm a woman is as important to my work as a poet as the fact that Ahmad Shāmlu was a man was important to his work as a poet. Basically, gender shouldn't be viewed as an advantage… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
The nightmare of censorship has always cast a shadow over my thoughts. Both under the previous state and under the Islamic state, I have… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
Politics becomes a part of a writer's working life. The writer's protagonists are born in the context of the feelings that this atmosphere evokes.… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
Literature rests on language. It is a linguistic art. So it cannot sever its relationship with the past. But it can create new methods… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
The more stringent the rules and the more limiting they are, the more the poet and writer is forced to resort to special techniques… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
The fact that I'm a woman is as important to my work as a poet as the fact that Ahmad Shāmlu was a man… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
No one can create a noteworthy work without knowing the tenets of their own language and literature. Language is renewed but it never changes… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
Democracy is the product of human thought and reasoning. It's true that philosophers and thinkers have always imagined a utopia in which everything is… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
I've stood in long lines, in the rain and under the sun, just to buy a pack of butter or a box of paper… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
