Rūhʹangīz Karāchī

Rūhʹangīz Karāchī is an Associate Professor of Literature in the Institute for Humanities & Cultural Studies, Tehran. Her PhD thesis was titled “A Review of the Poetry of Modern Poetesses from the Period of Constitution in Iran.” She has published six books and more than forty articles, mainly about women poets. Her first poems were published in 1349/1970, and her first volume of poetry was published by Murgh-i Amīn in 1377/1998, entitled Bā kābūsʹhā-yi zan (With woman’s nightmares). Her second collection of poetry, Chashmʹhā-yi lūs-i zamīn (The Earth’s crossed eyes) was published in 1380/2001 by Nigāh-i Sabz. Her poems have been published in various magazines and anthologies. She is also the author the following monographs: Andīshahʹnigārān-i zan dar shiꜥr-i mashrūtah (An enquiry into the poems of thoughtful poetesses during Constitutional Period) (Tehran: University of al-Zahrā, 1374/1995); Furūgh, yāghī-ʾi maghmūm: Hamrāh bā kitābʹshināsī-ʾi (Furūgh, the sorrowful rebel) (Rāhīyān-i andīshah, 1376/1997); and Parvīn Iʿtisāmī: Hamrāh bā kitābʹshināsī-ʾi tawsīfī (Parvīn Iʿtisāmī: An annotated bibliography) (Tehran: Irshād, 1376/1997).

Contributions

The History of Women’s Poetry: From the Beginnings to the Present

Historicizing women’s poetry involves investigation of the evolution of poetry by Iranian women from the beginnings of Persian literature in…