Fereydoun Farrokhzad
(Born 15 Mehr 1317 Tehran – Died 9 Amrdad 1371 Germany) Poet, writer, singer and Radio-TV host
He was the son of Toran Vaziri Tabar and Colonel Mohammad Farrokhzad, and the brother of Foroogh and Puran Farrokhzaad.
Studied at Daralfannon, then went to Germany, studied political law in Munich, Vienna and Berlin, wrote her doctoral thesis on the influence of Marx beliefs on the church and East German government, and graduated from the University of Munich.
He was interested in writing poetry since his adolescence and in 1964, he published his first collection of poems titled “Another Chapter”, which garnered admiration from some famous critics. Famous German poet Johannes Bobrovsky also wrote a prelude to “Another Chapter” and won the Berlin Literary Poetry Prize, which was given by Johannes Bobrovski’s speech.
Farrokhzad’s German poems also won the prize for the best poems of the year by major German publishers, and his works were published among the ten poets and writers of the year, and “Another Chapter” was among Goethe and Schiller’s works. His poem about Berlin also won the Berlin Literature Prize.
He, who was a member of the Munich Academy of Youth Literature for a few years, in 1966, also found his way to the radio and television of this city, and on the radio he produced a series of programs with humor and twinning with Middle Eastern music, including Iran, and on the TV the series of color films of the Alps streets. Made.
In 1967, he made modern music on local music (folklore) of Iran and with this music he got to the Innsburg Music Festival in Austria, which also received the first prize. In the same year, he also took the university exam and graduated with a Ph.D. degree in political law. He also spoke German, English and French.
In his return to Iran with the initiative of several TV programs, including the successful program “Silver Clove”, he introduced many artists to the people, including Setar, Abi, Morteza, Shahre and Shahram Solti, Leila Forouhar, Nosh Afrin and Sali.
He then migrated to Paris and then to Los Angeles. Finally, the book is the beginning of the sentence “Love in this city”, published and said about the publication of his book in Los Angeles: “This is not a city, it is a jungle.” It is a dandelion, a desert, a swamp and its stench has filled the world! Maybe my book is a fragrant breeze for those who are tired of betrayal and crime. And I’m embarrassed that the first edition of my book is published in Los Angeles. »
In 1991 in his second film, “I Love Vienna”, he played a religious Muslim man and went to Sweden in the same year to attend the Stockholm Film Festival where he screened the film “I Love Vienna”. This film was greatly welcomed by both Swedes and Iranians at the Stockholm Festival.
He also held many concerts in various cities and for four years, he produced “Hello Neighbors” radio programs that were broadcast for Iran. Farrokhzad’s last book of poetry was “I am tired of dying”.
The prizes are:
The Berlin Poetry Prize in 1964 went to his first collection of poems in German titled “Another Chapter”, published with the introduction of Johannes Bobrovsky, one of the famous poets of that time. Also in 1967 he won the Innsburg Music Festival first prize for one of his compositions.
He was horribly killed in his home “Shehr Ben”. 700 bank loan marks, a few months arrears of rent and his strange funeral abroad and isolation, finally this artist was a melodious voice.