Shusha Guppy Musical artist

Shushā (Shamsi) Guppy (Persian: شوشا (شمسی) گوپی‎), née Shamsi Assār (شمسی عصار)(D(24 December 1935 in Tehran, Iran – 21 March 2008 in London, United Kingdom), was a writer, editor and, under the name of "Shusha", a singer of Persian and Western folk songs. She had lived in London since the mid-1960s.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Shusha
Birth dateDecember 24, 1935
Birth place
Iran , Tehran
Date of deathMarch 21, 2008
Place of death
London

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Musical artist

Career started1971
Career ended2008
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Chanson
Persian traditional music
Singer-songwriter

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Shusha Guppy on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.asha-foundation.org/women/women/shusha_guppy.php
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/sundayfeature/pip/u9y8g
  3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/04/2006_11_thu.shtml
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/heart_and_soul.shtml
  5. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/feb/18/monarchy.iran
  6. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/24/iran
  7. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/shusha-guppy-singer-and-writer-acclaimed-for-a-memoir-of-her-persian-childhood-799896.html
  8. http://www.literaturfestival.com/bios1_3_5_1233.html
  9. http://www.parnassuspoetry.com/excerptsprose.htm