About Sohrab Rahimi
Lived 1962 – 2016 (aged 53–54). Sohrab Rahimi was a Swedish poet, translator, writer and blogger.
Sohrab Rahimi (; December 20, 1962 – February 11, 2016), was an Iranian poet, born in Shahrekord, Iran. He has written five books in Persian and two books in Swedish. He has also translated Persian poetry.
Rahimi's poems have been translated into various languages.
Rahimi's body was found in a burnt car near Malmö on February 11, 2016, at the age of 53. He was married to Azita Ghahreman.
Books The House of Dreams (Persian), 1995 The Spoiled Kernels of Time (Persian) 1996 White balsam (Persian and Swedish) 2000 A letter to you (Persian), 2006 The geometric drawing of melancholia, (poetry in Persian), 2011 The librarian of the war (novel in Swedish), 2011 The inevitable journey (poetry in Swedish), 2012 Compulsive seasons (poetry in Persian), 2012
Awards 2013
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Who was Sohrab Rahimi?
Iran-born Swedish poet
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Sohrab Rahimi was born on 20 December 1962 in Iran.
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Sohrab Rahimi died in 2016 in Oxie.
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Sohrab Rahimi was a poet, translator, writer and blogger.
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Sohrab Rahimi was Swedish.
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