Roja Chamankar (), born 20 May 1981 in

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, in southern

, is a

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. She was born two years after the 1979

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, studied Literature and Cinema in

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, and her PhD in

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is in

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. She participated in a number of international poetry festivals, including the Poetry Biennial

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in 2005 and the ''Voix vives de Méditerranée en Méditerranée'' festival in

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in 2013. Her poems have been published in various Iranian magazines and newspapers. She has also directed a film and has presented children's television programmes in Iran.

Published works

* ''You've Gone, Bring Me Some South'' * ''Nine Months Stones'' * ''Escape My Lips from the Roof'' * ''Dying in a Mother Tongue''

References

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20th-century Iranian poets 1981 births Living people People from Borazjan Iranian Writers Association members 21st-century Iranian poets {{Iran-poet-stub