The more stringent the rules and the more limiting they are, the more the poet and writer is forced to resort to special techniques and intricacies to escape them. And these techniques and intricacies adorn the writing and make it… — 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 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
