Let Us Believe in the Dawn of the Cold Season

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The story of Forugh Farrokhzad: rebel, feminist, icon and Iran’s greatest modern poet.

Maryam Zohdi introduces the life and work of Forugh Farrokhzad – rebel, feminist, icon, film-maker and Iran’s most beloved 20th-century poet.

Maryam Zohdi introduces the life and work of Iran’s beloved iconoclastic feminist poet, Forugh Farrokhzad (1935 - 1967).  Her work, her life and her tragic death aged just 32.   

With contributions from Ebrahim Golestan, Farzaneh Milani and Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak. 


Translations by Sholeh Wolpe, Farzaneh Milani and Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak.

Readings by Shahrbanou Nilou

Illustration by Niyaz Saghari

With thanks to Nasser Saffarian, BBC Persian and Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna.

Original music by Roshi Nasehi with Graham Dowdall
Sound Design by Nigel Lewis
Directed by John Norton
Produced by Maryam Zohdi and John Norton for BBC Cymru Wales

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