Jahan Malek Khatun
The Ghazal as Survival
$27.33
- Paperback
150 pages
- Release Date
19 January 2026
Summary
This book presents the first extensive English study and translation of the poetry of Jahan Malek Khatun, a fourteenth-century Persian princess and one of the most important women in the history of Persian literature. Translator Sheema Kalbasi first introduced Jahan Malek Khatun to the general English-speaking audience in 2008 through her anthology Seven Valleys of Love: A Bilingual Anthology of Women Poets from Medieval Persia to Present Day Iran, which marked the earliest appearance of Jaha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781997742234 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1997742233 |
| Author: | Sheema Kalbasi |
| Publisher: | Daraja Press |
| Imprint: | Daraja Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 150 |
| Release Date: | 19 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 209g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 8mm |
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About The Author
Sheema Kalbasi
Sheema Kalbasi
Sheema Kalbasi is an Iranian Danish American poet, humanitarian, and historian. She is a Pushcart Prize-winning poet, a nominee for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, a recipient of a United Nations humanitarian award, and a grantee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.
Her books include:
- Echoes in Exile (PRA Publishing, 2006)
- Seven Valleys of Love (PRA Publishing, 2008)
- The Poetry of Iranian Women (Reel Content, 2008)
- Spoon and Shrapnel (Daraja Press, 2024)
- Jahan Malek Khatun: The Princess Poet of Fourteenth-Century Persia (Daraja Press, 2026)
Her writing has appeared in The Kenyon Review, the Pushcart Prize Anthology, and publications by Black Lawrence Press, among others. Her work has been featured by PEN America, Writer’s Digest, PBS, and NPR.
Her poems have been set to music and visual art, adapted into short films, and performed internationally at venues including the Smithsonian National Museum, The Writers Studio, the Tribute World Trade Center, the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP), and the Canadian Parliament.
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