had two marriages, the first was to Hassan Behbahani and it ended in divorce. She had three children from her first marriage, one daughter and two sons. Her second marriage was to Manuchehr Koushyar and it ended when he died in 1984. Death Behbahani was hospitalized on 6 August 2014. She remained in coma from 6 August until her death on 19 August 2014, and died in Tehran's Pars Hospital of Pulmonary heart disease at the age of 87. Her funeral, attended by thousands, was held on 22 August in Vahdat Hall, and her body was buried at Behesht-e Zahra. Works The Broken Lute [Seh-tar-e Shekasteh, 1951] Footprint [Ja-ye Pa, 1954] Chandelier [Chelcheragh, 1955] Marble [Marmar 1961] Resurrection [Rastakhiz, 1971] A Line of Speed and Fire [Khatti ze Sor'at va Atash, 1980] Arzhan Plain [Dasht-e Arzhan, 1983] Paper Dress [Kaghazin Jameh, 1992] A Window of freedom [Yek Daricheh Azadi, 1995] Collected Poems [Tehran 2003] Maybe It's the Messiah [Shayad ke Masihast, Tehran 2003] Selected Poems, translated by Ali Salami A Cup of Sin, Selected poems, translated by Farzaneh Milani and Kaveh Safa Awards and honours 1998 – Human Rights Watch Hellman-Hammet Grant 1999 – Carl von Ossietzky Medal 2006 – Norwegian Authors' Union Freedom of Expression Prize 2009 – mtvU Poet Laureate 2013 – Janus Pannonius Poetry Prize, from the Hungarian PEN Club See also Mina Assadi Parvin E'tesami Forough Farrokhzad Leila Kasra References Further reading Chopra, R M, " Eminent Poetesses of Persian ", Iran Society, Kolkata, 2010 External links Biography of Simin Behbahani An International Symposium on The Life and Poetry of Simin Behbahani A Poet Who 'Never Sold Her Pen or Soul' Simin Behbahani Lecture & Book Signing – UCLA Simin Behbahani reads poetry at SOAS, University of London, 6 February 2005, YouTube (part 1, part 2). Sārā Ommat-e Ali, Simin Behbahani: I am alive, in Persian, Sarmāyeh [Capital] Newspaper (Ruz'nāmeh-ye Sarmāyeh). Reprinted in: Association of the Iranian Women (Kānun-e Zanān-e Irani), Wednesday 5 December 2007. Shahāb Mirzāi, A Line Made From Swiftness and Fire (Khatti ze Sor'at va Ātash), in Persian, Jadid Online, 2008, [http://www.jadidonline.com/story/17072008/frnk/simin_behbahani.A slide show of photographs with text spoken by Simin Behbahani, Jadid Online, 2008:] (3 min 56 sec). 1927 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Iranian poets Persian-language poets Writers from Tehran Iranian lyricists Iranian women writers Persian-language women poets Iranian women's rights activists Iranian democracy activists Members of the National Council for Peace