Farzona

Inoyat Hojieva عنایت حاجی‌یو
Born	November 3, 1964 Khujand, Tajikistan
Nationality	Tajikistani
Occupation	Poet

Inoyat Hojieva (Tajik: Иноят Ҳоҷиева), mostly known as Farzona (Tajik: Фарзона) is a Tajik poet^[1] and writer.

Farzona was born on November 3, 1960, in Khujand, Tajikistan. She was influenced by Forough Farrokhzad and other Persian poets, such as Firdowsi and Rumi.

Farzona's works are well known throughout Persian-speaking countries. She is known as Forough of Tajikistan. Her frequently playful and witty poetry draws on rich traditions of Persian literature in a rather humorous way. In late 1980, she wrote a poem called "To the Nation that Gave Birth to Ahmad Zohir".

Works

• Farzaneh Khojandi poems, Enitharmon Press and the Poetry Translation Centre, (Sept 2008), translators: Jo Shapcott, Narguess Farzad, ISBN 978-1-904634-74-4

See also

• Farzaneh Khojandi, a brief biography from the Poetry Translation Centre site (in English)
• Farzaneh Khojandi's Flute Player (in English)
• Modern Tajik literature
• Farzaneh Khojandi
• Flute_Player Farzaneh Khojandi

References

1. Oklahoma, University of (1996). World literature today. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 578–. Retrieved 24 August 2011.

2. R M Chopra, "Eminent Poetesses of Persian" , Iran Society, Kolkata, 2010