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Mina Assadi | |
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| مینا اسدی | |
| Born | (1943-03-12)12 March 1943 (age 82) |
| Citizenship | Iranian, Swedish |
| Occupation | Poet |
Mina Assadi (Persian:مینا اسدی; born March 12, 1943) is an Iranian-bornpoet,author,journalist andsongwriter who lives in exile inStockholm, Sweden.[1]
Assadi wrote her debut book, a collection of poems namedMinas Gift (Armanghane Mina), at the age of 18. Thereafter she worked as a journalist for several well-known Iranian magazines, for example,Kayhan. She has written 14 books in total, the bookWho Throws Rocks (Che kasi sang miandazad) attracting the most attention.
She is known for writing about controversial and provocative subjects, especially when she describes the fight against the Iranian government. In 2007 she wrote the poem called "Pimps" (Djakesha). It caused a lot of discussion for being too vulgar. The poem is about those who live in Iran and in exile who have forgotten the struggle.
Assadi has also written songs for Iranian singers likeEbi ("Halah"),Dariush ("Zendegi yek bazieh" and "Ahay javoon"),Hayedeh ("Onkeh yek roozi barayeh man khoda bod"),Giti ("Oje parvaz"), Ramesh ("To aftabi, to baroni") and Nooshafarin ("Koh he ghavei") and Afshin ("delam az ru nemire) to name a few.
Ten days before the Iranian cultural personality and singerFereydoun Farrokhzad was murdered in Germany on August 7, 1992, he had a poetry evening. The evening was interspersed with poems, songs and political statements. There, Fereydoun compared his late sister, the contemporary poetForough Farrokhzad, to Mina Assadi. A statement that was filmed and became the last video with Fereydoun before his death.
“In the time we live in, there are other Iranian poets like Forough as well…Simin Daneshvar,Simin Behbahani, Mina Assadi to name a few. In Stockholm, Sweden, where Mina Assadi is located I asked all the intellectuals in the hall, 500-600 Iranians, why they treat Mina Assadi badly? For Forough that is no longer alive you gather, but you pay little attention to Mina Assadi who is still alive… she is also a Forough… with white hair, without any makeup, she lives a painfully difficult life in exile… but no one pays attention to her and instead they down her. Have you ever heard that there was a memorial evening to honor Mina Assadi? Have you heard of one? Neither have I. She is a poet of thePersian language. One of the great female poets of our time.”
Mina Assadi has also been compared to other Persian poets likeSimin Behbahani andParvin E'tesami and Swedish poetsKarl Vennberg andEdith Södergran.
In 1996, she received aHellman/Hammett Grant fromHuman Rights Watch ofNew York City, U.S.[2]
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