March 2020 – PARSAGON

Noofe Speculative Novel Awards

March 15, 2020 Shahraz Savaji 0

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 […]

Three Poems by Leila Kordbache

March 8, 2020 Hossein Nazari 0

Born in 1981, Tehran, Leila Kordbache is a published poet and literary researcher. She has over ten published volumes of poetry and monographs on Persian […]

Oh Mortal Month of May!

In the midst of the Covid19 pandemic, May 2021 is marked by a huge cultural loss, as regrettably seven eminent and irreplaceable figures of culture, arts and literature of Iran passed away during this month
Mansour Owji [1937-2021]

BIO BRIEF Mansour Owji (November 30, 1937 – May 8, 2021) was a contemporary Iranian poet and writer. He was born in the Darb-e-Astane Seyyed […]
Mohammad Qazvini [1877-1949]

Qazvini, Mohammad (Tehran, 30th March 1877 – 27th May 1949) [10th Farvardin 1256 – 6th Khordad 1328]. A pioneer in the field of literary and […]
Fariba Vafi nominated for LiBeratur Prize

Iranian author Fariba Vafi has been nominated for the LiBeratur Prize, a literary honor that is presented by the Litprom Association in Frankfurt. She received […]
May 2016

1. Painter Parviz Kalantari dies at 85 The diligent artist and illustrator Parviz Kalantari, famous for his indigenous drawings of Iranian nomadic life passed away […]
May 2015 Roundup

I. The 28th Tehran Int’l Book Fair Held Tehran International Book Fair is annually held in May as a social and cultural phenomenon with book […]
Badiozzaman Forouzanfar Award

Professor Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (originally named Mohammad-Hassan Boshruyei) was born on 12 July 1904 in Boshruyeh of Ferdows County and passed away on May 6, 1970. His […]
Reza Amirkhani [b. 1973]

BIO BRIEF Born in Tehran a few years before the Islamic Revolution, Reza Amirkhani is a true representative of the Revolution Generation, or as they […]

Oh Mortal Month of May!

Mansour Owji [1937-2021]

Mohammad Qazvini [1877-1949]

Fariba Vafi nominated for LiBeratur Prize

May 2016

May 2015 Roundup

Badiozzaman Forouzanfar Award

Reza Amirkhani [b. 1973]