Farrukhʹzād, Farīdūn

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Name (Latin)
Farrukhʹzād, Farīdūn
Name (Arabic)
فرخزاد، فریدون
Other forms of name
Farockhzad, Freydoun
Farrochsad, Fereydoun
Farrokhzad, Fereidoon
Farokhzad, Freydoun
Farrokhzad, Fereydoun
فرخزاد، فريدون
Date of birth
1938-10-07
Date of death
1992-08-04
Place of birth
Tehran (Iran)
Place of death
Bonn (Germany)
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 232211013
Wikidata: Q178963
Library of congress: nr 97045217
OCoLC: oca04581416
Sources of Information
  • Dar nihāyat-i jumlah āghāz ast ʻishq, 1989:t.p. (Farīdūn Farrukhʹzād)
  • Khunyāgar dar khūn, 2005:t.p. (Farīdūn Farrukhʹzād) p. 4 of cover, etc. (Freydoun Farockhzad [in rom.]; Fereydoun Farrochsad [in rom.]; 1315/1936-1371/1992 [photograph of tombstone])
  • [Tarānahʹhā-yi bayād-i māndanī], 2004:cd 3, label (Farīdūn Farrukhzād; Fereidoon Farrokhzad [in rom.])

Wikipedia description:

Fereydoun Farrokhzad (Persian: فریدون فرخزاد; October 7, 1938 – August 5, 1992) was an Iranian showman, host, poet, actor, political activist, singer, humanitarian, and writer. He is best known for his television variety show, The Silver Carnation, which introduced and featured many artists, such as Ebi, Leila Forouhar, Shohreh, Sattar, Hayedeh, and many more. Farrokhzad was forced into exile after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. After relocating to Germany, he was the victim of an assassination set up by the Islamic Republic government as part of the chain murders of Iran.

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