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Simin Behbahani

1927 - 2014

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Simin Behbahani, her surname also appears as Bihbahani (née Siminbar Khalili; Persian: سیمین بهبهانی; 20 July 1927 – 19 August 2014) was a prominent Iranian contemporary poet, lyricist, and activist. Renowned for her mastery of the ghazal, a traditional poetic form, she became an icon of modern Persian poetry. The Iranian intelligentsia and literati affectionately referred to her as the "Lioness of Iran." Throughout her illustrious career, Behbahani was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and received numerous literary accolades from around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simin Behbahani has received more than 110,529 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Simin Behbahani is the 3,758th most popular writer (down from 3,526th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Iran (down from 290th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Iranian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Story of Zahra
1980
A Cup of Sin
Translations into English, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
1999
Ba ghalbe khad
1996
Maybe It's the Messiah Shayad Ke-masee Hast
2004

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Simin Behbahani ranks 3,758 out of 7,302. Before her are Ian Rankin, Hal Clement, Judith Gautier, Marilyn French, Edna O'Brien, and Pyotr Tkachev. After her are Rupert Brooke, Samad Behrangi, Yuli Daniel, Chögyam Trungpa, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, and Alaiza Pashkevich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Simin Behbahani ranks 227. Before her are Fathima Beevi, John Cranko, John Ashbery, Jerry Schatzberg, William Perry, and David Hedison. After her are Theodor Wagner, Robert N. Bellah, Theodore Maiman, Franco Donatoni, Hsing Yun, and Eileen Ryan. Among people deceased in 2014, Simin Behbahani ranks 207. Before her are György Lázár, Alice Coachman, Charlie Haden, Rafael Addiego Bruno, Dave Legeno, and José Emilio Pacheco. After her are Said Akl, Ilija Pantelić, François Cavanna, René Burri, Saul Zaentz, and Andrew V. McLaglen.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Simin Behbahani ranks 329 out of 631. Before her are Fatemeh Pahlavi (1928), Navvab Safavi (1924), Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910), Suleiman II of Persia (1714), Al-Nayrizi (865), and Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963). After her are Samad Behrangi (1939), Luarsab II of Kartli (1592), Esmat Dowlatshahi (1904), Ivan Galamian (1903), Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (1961), and Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1879).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Simin Behbahani ranks 44. Before her are Kader Abdolah (1954), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), Azar Nafisi (1955), Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923), and Ibn Bibi (1250). After her are Samad Behrangi (1939), Cassandra Clare (1973), Simin Daneshvar (1921), Iraj Mirza (1874), Bahram Beyzai (1938), and Bozorg Alavi (1904).

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