Ziba Karbassi
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. But she writes her poetry in Persian and so far she has published four books of poems. None of them, however, appeared in Iran, because since 1989 she lives in exile in London. 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 her most recent book of poems in Persian.
Ziba's sigh poems:
Ziba's web sites in other languages:
Other interesting poetry sites: