Ghazaleh Alizadeh
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Ghazaleh Alizadeh (born 16 February 1947, Mashhad
, Iran
, died 12 May 1996) was an Iranian poet and writer. Her mother was also a poet and writer. She married Bizhan Elahi and they have a daughter called Salma.
She was an extroverted, smart, and energetic student at school. She got her diploma in Humanisms from Mahasti High School and at the same time became a vegetarian.
She got her BA in Political Sciences from Tehran University, then went to France to study philosophy and cinema in Sorbonne University. In actual fact, at first she went to Paris to get her PhD in law, but changed her major to Illuminationism
and wanted to write her dissertation on Molavi, but she left it due to the sudden death of her father.
She started her literal career with writing short stories in Mashhad. Her major work was the novel
Khaneye Edrisiha lit. The Edrissis’ House (خانه ادریسیها). Some of her short stories are: The Crossroad, After Summer, The In-transitory Journey, and her other novels include: Two Landscapes and Tehran Nights. Some of her works have been translated into English by Rosa Jamali
She had cancer
and was suffering, therefore tried killing herself two times but was not successful, however, she finally committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree in Javaherdeh in Ramasar on May 1996. She is buried in Emamzadeh Taher cemetery
.
Mashhad
Mashhad , is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world. It is also the only major Iranian city with an Arabic name. It is located east of Tehran, at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, died 12 May 1996) was an Iranian poet and writer. Her mother was also a poet and writer. She married Bizhan Elahi and they have a daughter called Salma.
She was an extroverted, smart, and energetic student at school. She got her diploma in Humanisms from Mahasti High School and at the same time became a vegetarian.
She got her BA in Political Sciences from Tehran University, then went to France to study philosophy and cinema in Sorbonne University. In actual fact, at first she went to Paris to get her PhD in law, but changed her major to Illuminationism
Illuminationism
Illuminationism is a doctrine in theology according to which the process of human thought needs to be aided by God. It is the oldest and most influential alternative to naturalism in the theory of mind and epistemology...
and wanted to write her dissertation on Molavi, but she left it due to the sudden death of her father.
She started her literal career with writing short stories in Mashhad. Her major work was the novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
Khaneye Edrisiha lit. The Edrissis’ House (خانه ادریسیها). Some of her short stories are: The Crossroad, After Summer, The In-transitory Journey, and her other novels include: Two Landscapes and Tehran Nights. Some of her works have been translated into English by Rosa Jamali
Rosa Jamali
Rosa Jamali , is an Iranian poet and playwright.According to Ute Margaret Saine, Persian poetry critic and scholar, the poet has perceived new landscapes and as Britannica says she has experimented new styles of expression in Persian poetry.-Poetry:*,*,*,-A Sample Of Her Poems:Tehran***Rosa Jamali...
She had cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
and was suffering, therefore tried killing herself two times but was not successful, however, she finally committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree in Javaherdeh in Ramasar on May 1996. She is buried in Emamzadeh Taher cemetery
Emamzadeh Taher
Emamzadeh Taher is located in Iran in the town of Karaj, is one of the most famous cemeteries in Iran.-Notable interments:Many prominent figures of Iranian literature, art and culture are interred here, including:- External links:...
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