Mahnaz Badihian
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Mahnaz Badihian is an American-Iranian poet. She is most noted for her use of poetry to bridge the gap between western and eastern cultures. She worked as a dentist for many years in Iowa City and often attended the Iowa Writers Workshop. She currently runs a trilingual (Persian, English, Italian) online magazine, Mahmag, as an outlet for new Iranian poets and for contemporary American poets.
[edit] Background and education
Dr. Badihian was born in Isfahan, Iran. She did not grow up in one particular city in Iran due to the nature of her father's job.
She had an early talent for writing and remembers when she was in fourth grade her teacher held a special meeting with her mother to tell of Mahnaz's advanced literary ability at only ten years of age. Mahnaz graduated from high school with a math degree from the prestigious girl's school Behesht Aeen. She went on to become valedictorian of her registered nurse degree and continued to receive bachelors of science in nursing education from Pahlavi University. She taught nursing at the University of Kermanshah. However throughout her nursing studies she continued to write and was editor of her nursing school's paper, Mehr. Dr. Badihian left Iran in 1979 with her husband who had received a scholarship to study at Johns Hopkins University. During this leave from Iran she studied to get a Master's in Sociology from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. She got her greencard and went on to receive her D.D.S. from University of Iowa Dental School, where she became acquainted with the Iowa Writer's Workshop.
[edit] Bibliography
- From Zayandeh Rud to the Mississippi: A Voice from a road between East and West, AuthorHouse (Bloomington, Indiana), 2005.
- Sedaye Robob Sherei Dasht, Simorgh Publishing (Mission Viego, California), 2004.
- Pablo Neruda's Book of Questions : Translation into Persian, Simorgh Publishing, 2000.
- Nasfas-e Eshq Dar Daman-e Bad, Ketab Corp (Los Angeles), 1999.
