Shusha Guppy, born + raised in Teheran, educated in Paris, lived in London, remarkable writer, commentator + singer/songwriter, loving friend, passed away March 21, 2008. Shusha Guppy, born + raised in Teheran, as Shamsi Assar, educated in Paris, lived in London, remarkable writer, commentator + singer/songwriter, loving friend, passed away March 21, 2008. Books included "The Blindfold Horse: Memo
ries of a Persian childhood" - 'One of the best books of the 20th century... Stands comparison with Out of Africa.' - John Train, author + co-founder, The Paris Review; "A Girl in Paris"; "Looking Back"; "Three Journeys in the Levant" (2001; and "The Secret of Laughter: Magical Tales from Classical Persia" (2005)
Articles included book reviews: The spirit of Persian monarchy - Firdowsi’s epic, "The Book of Kings", is even more than a great product of Persian civilisation. ... and The Failure of Islamism - a book review of "JIHAD - The Trail of Political Islam". Albums include "Persian Love Songs and Mystic Chants" + "Durable Fire", based on English love poetry, title from Raleigh.
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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shusha_Guppy
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"... one of the most remarkable of Londoners, not merely trilingual in Persian, French + English, but genuinely tricultural, too. She has written brilliantly in both French + English, made a reputation for herself as a singer + composer in the French cabaret style, and been a tireless advocate of Sufi wisdom + Persian classical literature, in exile from a country that seems to be bent on destroying both." Joan Baez
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"The verb 'to love' in Persian is 'to have a friend.' 'I love you' translated literally is 'I have you as a friend', and 'I don't like you' simply means 'I don't have you as a friend'." The artist must always have one skin too few in comparison to other people, so you feel the slightest wind." "Of all the musical instruments, the human voice is the most beautiful, for it is made by God."