Leila Rahimi Bahmany

Leila Rahimi Bahmany is currently a post-doctorate researcher at Utrecht University. She will be a Guest Professor at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from October 2025. She earned her doctorate from the Free University of Berlin, specialising in modern literature of Iran and comparative literature. Her first book, Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation: Forugh Farrokhzad and Sylvia Plath (Leiden University Press, 2015) received the Latfifeh Yarshater Award.

Leila Rahimi Bahmany is currently a post-doctorate researcher at Utrecht University. She will be a Guest Professor at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from October 2025. She earned her doctorate from the Free University of Berlin, specialising in modern literature of Iran and comparative literature. Her first book, Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation: Forugh Farrokhzad and Sylvia Plath (Leiden University Press, 2015) received the Latfifeh Yarshater Award. See less