People
Farzaneh Milani
Born and raised in Teheran, Iran, Farzaneh Milani attended French primary
and secondary schools. She earned her BA in French Literature in 1970 from
California State University at Hayward. Transferring to the University of
California in Los Angeles, she completed her graduate studies in Comparative
Literature in 1979. Her dissertation, Forugh Farrokhzad: A Feminist Perspective,
was a critical study of the poetry of a pioneering Iranian woman poet. Milani
taught Persian Language and Literature at UCLA for four years before coming
to the University of Virginia in 1986. Past president of the Association of
Middle Eastern Women Studies in America, Milani was the recipient of Alumni
Teaching Award in 1998. She is the author of "Veils and Words:
The Emerging Voice of Iranian Women Writers," "
A Cup of Sin: Selected Poems of Simin Behbahani" (with Kaveh Safa),
She has served as the guest editor of "Nimeye Digar" "IranNameh", and
"Journal of Iranian Studies". Milani has written some 100 articles, book
chapters, introductions, and afterwards in Persian and English and lectured at
over 150 colleges and universities nationally and internationally. Her poems have
been published in "Nimeye Digar," "Par," "Barrayand,"
"Daneshju," "Omid," and "Avaye Portland." Milani
teaches courses in Persian literature and cinema, Women and Islam, and
cross-cultural studies of women.
Address:
Studies in Women and Gender
227 Minor Hall
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Va 22903
fmm2z@virginia.edu
434-982-2960
Fax: 434-924-6969
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