Sheem Kalbasi. Courtesy Iranian Poetry in Swedish.
Sheema Kalbasi (born November 20, 1972) is an Iranian-born American poet and producer.
Life[]
Kalbasi was born in Tehran, Iran.
Kalbasi is the founder and president of Reel Content, a film production and publishing company. She is the director and the co-director of several literary projects including the Other Voices International Project. She has published 2 books of poetry and edited 2 anthologies of poems. Her poems have been anthologized and translated into 18 languages to date. Kalbasi's work is distinguished by her passionate defense of ethnic and religious minorities' rights.
Interview Excerpts from Women on the Front Line
She has done voluntary teaching and tutoring of Baha'i refugee children as well as Iraqi Kurdish children, and disadvantaged Pakistani children in Pakistan. In 2009 she signed an open letter of apology posted to Iranian.com along with 266 other Iranian academics, writers, artists, journalists about the Persecution of Bahá'ís.[1]
Kalbasi has worked for the United Nations and the Center for non Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, and in Denmark. She lives near Washington, D.C..
She has translated poems by Danish poet Jens Fink-Jensen into English and Persian.
Writing[]
Her poetry has been compared to that of Bertolt Brecht and Lauro de Bosis.
Recognition[]
Awards[]
- Humanitarian work, Center for non-Afghan Refugees, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1990.
- Echoes in Exile, Indie Excellence Winner.
- Echoes in Exile, Best Books Award Finalist, USA Book News.
Nominations[]
- Echoes in Exile, Collection, Annual Library of Virginia Literary Award, 2008.
- Echoes in Exile, Pushcart Prize, 2008.
- Seven Valleys of Love, The PEN Award for Poetry In Translation, 2008.
- Seven Valleys of Love, Anisfield-wolf Book Award, 2008.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Sangsar (The Stoning) (Persian language). Sinbad Publishing, 2005.
- Echoes in Exile. Martinez, GA: Phoenix Rising Arts Publishing, 2006.
Edited[]
- The Poetry of Iranian Women: A contemporary anthology (with foreword by Desi Di Nardo). Reel Content Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-442-10709-0
- Seven Valleys of Love = Haft shahr-i ʻishq: A bilingual anthology of women poets from Middle Ages Persia to present day Iran. Martinez, GA: Phoenix Rising Arts Publishing, 2008.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "We are ashamed!", Iranian.com, 2009-02-04, http://www.iranian.com/main/2009/feb/we-are-ashamed
External links[]
- Poems
- Two Poems by Sheema Kalbasi at ICORN
- Sheema Kalbasi at the Voices Education Project (profile & 5 poems)
- Dancing Tango: Sheema Kalbasi at the Other Voices International Project
- Sheema Kalbasi at World Poems
- Books
- Sheema Kalbasi at Amazom.com
- About
- Sheema Kalbasi Official website
- Tehelka Interview, 2007
- Exclusive Interview With Poet Sheema Kalbasi, Writers Digest, 2008
- Etc.
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