Haft Seen and other poetry - Shakila Azizzada.

Haft Seen and other poetry - Shakila Azizzada.

"Once Upon a Time, "View From Afar", "Haft Seen" by Shakila Azizzada.

Notes:
The literal translation of these poems were made by Zuzanna Olszewska.
The final translated version of the poems are by Mimi Khalvati.

Translations facilitated by Sarah Maguire director of The Poetry Translation Centre.

Translated Poetry, The Poetry Translation Centre

Shakila Azizzada is a poet from Afghanistan who writes in Dari. Shakila Azizzada was born in Kabul in Afghanistan in 1964. During her middle school and university years in Kabul, she started writing stories and poems, many of which were published in magazines. Her poems are unusual in their frankness and delicacy, particularly in the way she approaches intimacy and female desire, subjects which are rarely adressed by women poets writing in Dari. After studying Law at Kabul University, Shakila read Oriental Languages and Cultures at Utrecht University in The Netherlands, where she now lives. She regularly publishes tales, short stories, plays and poems. Her first collection of poems, Herinnering aan niets (Memories About Nothing), was published in Dutch and Dari and her second collection will be published in 2012. Several of her plays have been both published and performed, including De geur van verlangen (The Scent of Desire). She frequently performs her poems at well-established forums in The Netherlands and abroad.

(Biographical Source: The Poetry Translation Centre)

 "Once Upon a Time, "View From Afar", "Haft Seen" by Shakila Azizzada, Published online 19/04/2014.

Online URL: https://poethead.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/poetry-by-shakila-azizzada/

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The Poetry Translation Centre

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Shakila Azizzada, Zuzanna Olszewska, Mimi Khalvati. Sarah Maguire, the PTC

© Shakila Azizzada.

Haft Seen and other poems by Shakila Azizzada.

Online URL: https://poethead.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/poetry-by-shakila-azizzada/

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