The House is BlackFarrokhzad's
Forugh Farrokhzad and The House is Black
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In memory of a friend..
(05/21/2007)
This project is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Mine Kalkan, for her great inspiration and support.
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Forugh Farrokhzad is one of the greatest Iranian poets of the 20th Century. She is known not only for her poetry, but also for her film about a leper colony, Khaneh Siah Ast (The House is Black) (1962), which is widely considered to be the most significant Iranian film of the early 60s. Professor Jeffner Allen geve me the option to choose what to work on as my independent study and I decided to work on Forugh and her film. I started my reserach at the end of Fall 2006 and I think research will never end as long as there are people who appreciate, translate and read her.