Ziba Karbassi is a rising star of Persian poetry. She was born in 1974 in Tabriz, the capital of Iranian Azerbaijan, so her first language was Azeri dialect of Turkish. She writes her poetry both in Persian and in Azeri Turkish. So far she has published eight books of poems in Persian. None of them, however, appeared in Iran, because since 1989 she lives in exile in London. Her Azeri poems do appear in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, in 2010 she won Golden Apple poetry price in that country. She was chairperson of the Iranian Writers Association (in exile) from 2002 to 2004 and one of the editor in "Exiled Writers Ink" literature magazine in London. Her poems have appeared in many languages throughout Europe and the UK and US. She is especially good at reciting her own poems and makes great impressions on listeners, who may even not understand the language. Many of her poems are translated in English by herself and Steven Watts, the two have recently numerous readings around London and elsewhere.
The picture shows the cover of one of her books of poems in Persian.
Ziba Karbassi is a rising star of Persian poetry. She was born in 1974 in Tabriz, the capital of Iranian Azerbaijan, so her first language was Azeri dialect of Turkish. She writes her poetry both in Persian and in Azeri Turkish. So far she has published eight books of poems in Persian. None of them, however, appeared in Iran, because since 1989 she lives in exile in London. Her Azeri poems do appear in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, in 2010 she won Golden Apple poetry price in that country. She was chairperson of the Iranian Writers Association (in exile) from 2002 to 2004 and one of the editor in "Exiled Writers Ink" literature magazine in London. Her poems have appeared in many languages throughout Europe and the UK and US. She is especially good at reciting her own poems and makes great impressions on listeners, who may even not understand the language. Many of her poems are translated in English by herself and Steven Watts, the two have recently numerous readings around London and elsewhere.