Leila Kasra was born on March 27, 1939 in Tehran. After graduating from high school in Tehran, Kasra moved to England to continue her education where she got a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from King’s College London. When she returned to Iran she was hired in the Iran Petrochemical Commercial Company but she left the job to pursue a career in poetry. In 1956 she wrote columns for the magazines: “Omide Iran”, “Roshanfekr”, “Etelate Banouan”. In 1959 her first poem was published in “Etelate Banouan”. In 1969 Kasra published two poetry books. One of her books co won the Television poetry contest and she shared the award with Manouchehr Atashi. In 1975 after Fereydoun Khoshnoud’s request Kasra started writing songs and became a lyricist for artists like Elaheh and Hayedeh. The first song she wrote was “Doayeh Sahar” sung by Hayedeh. Before the revolution she wrote famous memorable songs for artist like Hayedeh, Nooshafarin, Elaheh, Ebi, Sattar, Mahasti, Golpa and Nasrin.