Shusha Guppy
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Shushā Guppy | |
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| شوشا گوپی | |
 Shushā Guppy | |
| Born | Shamsi Assār 24 December 1935 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 21 March 2008 (aged 72) London, England |
| Other names | Shusha |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, writer, editor |
| Years active | 1971–2008 |
| Known for | Persian traditional music, chanson, singer-songwriter, memoirist, editor |
| Children | 2 |
Shushā Guppy (
Early life
Her father, Sayyed Mohammad-Kāzem Assār, was a
She married British writer, explorer, and art collector Nicholas Guppy in 1961.[4][6] The couple had two sons, Darius and Constantine, but divorced in 1976. At the time of her marriage she moved to London, where she became fluent in English; she was already fluent in Persian and French. Guppy wrote articles for major publications in both Britain and the United States. She also began singing and acting professionally.[7]
Singer
Guppy's first British release, in 1971, was an album of traditional Persian music, complementing her first album released in France fourteen years earlier.
By now, influenced by the
She gave concerts in the Netherlands and Belgium in 1975 with Lori Lieberman and Dimitri van Toren.
She contributed music (in collaboration with
tribes in southern Iran. The soundtrack was later released in the USA. How much she contributed to the film is in dispute.According to Shusha Guppy herself: "What has saddened me, and frankly made me angry, is not the money — as I said I wanted to make the film and financial rewards were not my aim — but the fact that all the credits were taken from me on People of the Wind of which the idea, the production, and the text were mine."[11]
Discography
All are vinyl LPs except where noted. The years given are for the first release.
- Chansons d'Amour Persanes (7-inch EP 1957)[12]
- Persian Love Songs and Mystic Chants (1971)
- Song of Long-time Lovers (1972)
- Shusha (1974)
- This is the Day (1974)
- Before the Deluge (1975)
- People of the Wind (1977)
- From East to West (1978)
- Here I Love You (1980)
- La Fortune (1980 – cassette)
- Lovely in the Dances: Songs of Sydney Carter (1981)
- Durable Fire (1983)
- Strange Affair (1986)
- Refugee (1995 – CD on Sharrow Records)
- Shusha / This is the Day (2001 – reissue on CD)
Writer and editor
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Guppy promoted Persian culture and history, and was a political commentator on relations between the West and the Islamic world.
The book describes a Persia before the excesses of
Bibliography
- The Blindfold Horse: Memories of a Persian Childhood, ISBN 978-1-85043-401-6.
- Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan: Vol 2, by Isabella L. Bird with introduction by Shusha Guppy, ISBN 978-1-85381-055-8.
- A Girl in Paris, ISBN 978-1-84511-380-3.
- Looking Back: A Panoramic View of a Literary Age by the Grandes Dames of European Letters, with introduction by Anita Brookner, ISBN 978-0-945167-30-3.
- On the Death of a Parent, Shusha Guppy et al., ed. Jane McLoughlin, ISBN 978-1-85381-803-5.
- One Thousand and One Persian-English Proverbs, eds. Simin Habibian, Shusha Guppy et al. Ibex Publishing, 1995, ISBN 978-1-588140-21-0.
- Three Journeys in the Levant: Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Starhaven, 2001, ISBN 978-0-936315-17-1.
- The Secret of Laughter: Magical Tales from Classical Persia, ISBN 978-1-85043-427-6.
See also
References
- ^ a b Stoddard, Martin (24 March 2008). "Shusha Guppy: Singer and writer acclaimed for a memoir of her Persian". The Independent. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Obituaries: Shusha Guppy". Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. 29 March 2008. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Shusha Guppy". ASHA Women. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Scruton, Roger (24 March 2008). "Obituary: Shusha Guppy". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "BBC - Radio 4 Woman's Hour -Shusha Guppy on her return to Iran". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Nicholas Guppy". Telegraph.co.uk. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ She used the stage name Shusha Assar from about 1962 to the early 1970s. Her credits include: Night Conspirators (1962), Lorna Doone (1963), and Lysistrata (BBC 1964).
- ^ "People of the Wind" crew and cast; retrieved 25 December 2010
- ^ "People of the Wind" Retrieved 25 December 2010
- ^ "People of the Wind" awards Retrieved 25 December 2010
- ^ People of the Wind: Letter from Shusha Guppy to Milestone Retrieved 18 January 2018
- ^ Also released on the Spanish label Vergara in 1963 as Canciones de amor persas, both these EPs were issued under the name Chucha Assar and this recording has been made available for download on iTunes under the (mistyped) name Chuchar Assar.
- ^ Guppy, Shusha (18 February 2008). "Shusha Guppy: A paean to kingship". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
External links
- Shusha Guppy at Allmusic
- Shusha Guppy speaks in the documentary film on YouTube(1 min).
- Shusha Guppy on her return to Iran, Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4, 16 March 2006. [1] (8 min 35 sec).
- Shusha Guppy, School of Illumination, Sunday Feature, 45 minutes, BBC Radio 3, Sunday 19 March 2006, [2].
Note: At present BBC offers no audio recording or a transcript of this programme. The website presents however an extensive bibliography. - Shusha Guppy, 'The Book of Kings' published in Parnassus, Vol. 30.
- Shusha Guppy's song, Natalya, referred to in the obituary of Natalya Gorbanevskaya.
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