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Fereydoun Farrokhzad  (October 7, 1938 – August 6, 1992) was a legendary Iranian singer, actor, poet, TV and radio host, writer, and opposition political figure.He is best known for his successful show variety TV show “Mikhakhe Noghrei”. He was the brother of the acclaimed Persian poet Forough Farrokhzad and Pooran Farrokhzad. He was forced into exile after the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
Fereydoun Farrokhzad was born in Chahar Raheh Gomrok (Gomrok Intersection), a neighborhood in Tehran, Iran.He was the second of seven children (Amir, Mehram, Mehrdad, Forough, Pouran, Gloria). After graduating from high school he went to Germany and Austria for his post-secondary education. He got his Ph.D. in Political Science from the Munich University. At a young age Farrokhzad had a passion for poetry and for singing. He turned that passion to reality in 1962 when he started writing poems in Germany, which were published in two German newspapers. In 1964 Farrokhzad 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” Farrokhzad received the Poetry Award of Berlin. For a couple 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). The show was watched by millions of Iranians. On the show Farokhzad 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, Farroukhzad was imprisoned, then released. He escaped the country and settled in Germany.

Personal life

Farrokhzad married and divorced twice. His first marriage took place in 1962, to a German woman named Ania Buchkowski, whom he met at Oxford. Like Farrokhzad, she had a passion for poetry and theater; it was after meeting her that Farrokhzad started writing poems. They divorced, but they had a son named Rostam. His second m