Fereydoun Farrokhzad
| Fereydoun Farrokhzad فريدون فرخزاد |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Fereydoun Farrokhzad |
| Also known as | Farrokhzad |
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October 7, 1938 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | August 7, 1992 (aged 53) Bonn, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, TV/Radio Host, Entertainer, Poet, Writer, Activist, Humanitarian |
| Years active | 1962–1992 |
| Labels | Avang Music, Caltex Records, Taraneh Enterprises Inc, Pars Video |
| Associated acts | Mahasti, Googoosh, Sattar, Ebi, Shohreh Solati, Shahram Shabpareh |
Fereydoun Farrokhzad (Persian: فریدون فرخزاد) (October 7, 1938 – August 7, 1992) was an Iranian singer, actor, poet, TV and radio host, writer, and iconic opposition political figure. He is best known for his successful variety TV show "Mikhak-e Noghrei" (The Silver Carnation). He was the brother of the acclaimed Persian poets Forough Farrokhzad and Pooran Farrokhzad.
He was forced into exile after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, and after relocating to Germany was the victim of an unsolved murder. The murder is widely believed to be the work of the Islamic Republic government of Iran.
Fereydoun Farrokhzad was born in Chahar Raheh Gomrok (Gomrok Intersection), a neighborhood in Tehran, Iran. He was the fourth of seven children (Pouran, Amir(Masoud), Forough, Fereydoun, Gloria, Mehrdad, and Mehran). After graduating from high school he went to Germany and Austria for his post-secondary education. He got his Advanced Graduate degree in Political Science from Munich University.
At a young age Fereydoun had a passion for poetry and for singing. He turned that passion to reality in 1962 when he started writing poems in German which were published in two German newspapers. In 1964 he published his collection of poems called "Fasleh Deegar" (Another Season). His book was critically acclaimed and was honored by many famous German poets. Five months after the release of "Fasleh Deegar", Fereydoun Farrokhzad received the Poetry Award of Berlin. For a couple of years Farrokhzad was a member of the Munich Academy of Poetry. In 1966 he found his way to the Television and Radio of Munich. On Radio he had a comedy and music program which played middle eastern music including music from Iran. On TV he created and produced a show called خيابان های آلپ (Alpine Roads). In 1967 he returned to Iran and performed on successful radio and TV shows. His most successful and famous TV show was "Mikhakeh Noghrei" (Silver Carnation), and his radio show which aired every other Friday mornings called "Jom'eh Bazzar" (Friday Bazaar). The TV show was watched by millions of Iranians. On the show Farrokhzad introduced and discovered many famous Iranian artists including Sattar, Shohreh, Shahram Solati, Ebi, Morteza, Rouhi Savoji, Hamid Shabkhiz, Leila Forouhar, Saeed Mohammadi, and many more. After the 1979 revolution, Farrokhzad was imprisoned, then released. He escaped the country and settled in the country of his youth college years, Germany.
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