Obituary: Prof. Akbar Alemi [1945-2020]
Dr Akbar Alami, Iranian university professor, TV presenter, film critic, and director died of the coronavirus on Tuesday, October 13, at the age of 77. […]
The Sound of Souvenir
1 The novel starts on the stairs of a passenger bus, coming to contact with Anis’ shoes out of the blue. We have to be […]
Noofe Speculative Novel Awards
According to the Awards’ website, Noofe Speculative Novel Awards was founded in Winter 2019 sponsored by Peydayesh Books to promote Persian speculative fiction and support […]
Postscript to Silence
“This little space gradually grew large and larger until it occupied his whole heart and mind. An all-inclusive mass that, in spite of all his expertise and experience, was unnameable for him.”
Houshang Ebtehaj [b. 1928]
Ebtehaj, Houshang (Rasht, 25 Feb. 1928-.), alias H. E. Sayeh. Modernist poet and famous ghazal-writer of contemporary Iran, songwriter and musician, andscholar in the field […]
The Sama: Hearing with the Heart
The Sufi ritual of sama began in the 13th century with the mystic poet Jalaleddin Muhammad Rumi. The legend goes that he was walking toward […]
The Top 7x7s of Niloufar Talebi
PARSAGON: Which works of world literature/arts would you mark as the most influential on your life and career? How have they moved you? TALEBI: There are […]
