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Bridges

March 20, 2023 0

Short story by Mehdi Rabbi Translated from original Persian by Mohammad Mobahat Photo: Birds resting on White Bridge, Ahwaz; (c)Mehran Shoushtari I tell Roya: “let’s […]

A Database for Persian, Translated

June 26, 2022 0

Alireza Taheri Araghi is an Iranian writer and translator. His translations have appeared in Asymptote, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Tripwire, RHINO, and Bat City Review, and his translation of Shahram […]

Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan

May 2, 2022 0

(1925, Nodooshan – 2022, Toronto) Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan, eminent Iranian scholar, translator, poet, literary critic and professor of law and Persian literature at the University […]

RIP. Ahmad Samiee Guilani [Feb 1920 - Mar 2023]

Founded in November 2013, Parsagon attempts to present a vista of the latest achievements of Persian literati and artists/writers of Iranian origin, as well as to serve as an authentic archive of books coming from Iran. The team’s activities are diverse:

  • Translating and localizing Persian literary texts,
  • Editing and consulting services to Persian writers whose work are found apt for translation,
  • Promotion of Persian literature and culture in the English-speaking world,
  • Completion of an online database of contemporary Iranian/Persian literary and cultural figures.

PARSAGON is an Iran-based private and non-partisan literary project.

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