Bombay Rain, Part I
Written by Payam Yazdanjoo | Translated by: Poupeh Missaghi | Edited by: Adam Seth (c) “Bombay Rain” was first published in Denver Quarterly, Vol 48, No3, […]
Month: July 2014
A Translator’s Note: Hedayat, Translated / Hedayat, the Translator
“Bombay Rain” is from a collection of interrelated short stories whose protagonist and/or narrator is an Iranian living in India, bringing together elements of both […]
Golshiri Awards on Pause
After 13 controversial rounds, the private-section Golshiri Award is stopped. The coordinators hope that by pausing the current system of annual award-granting, they can direct […]
Illustrator Morteza Zahedi’s Favorite Fiction
Renowned painter, illustrator and sculptor Morteza Zahedi was born in 1978 in Rasht, Iran. Zahedi graduated in painting in 1995 and ever since then has held […]
From Translation to Creation
Less than a year ago, a friend called upon me to translate a play from Persian to English. After replying “yes” without any hesitation, I […]