Farzaneh Doosti – PARSAGON

Palimpsesting the Raven: From Poe to Persian Poets

June 25, 2024 Farzaneh Doosti 0

Out of all natural and supernatural beings, world poets have shown a particular and unique bonding with birds, from nightingales and peacocks to canaries, parrots, […]

Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan

May 2, 2024 Farzaneh Doosti 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 […]

Review: Niyayesh-Pand-e Pir-e Herat

March 20, 2024 Farzaneh Doosti 0

The Annotated Preaching-Prayers of Khajeh Abdullah Ansari The present book contains a selection of writings by Khajeh Abdullah Ansari, a renowned mystic and a towering […]

A Database for Persian, Translated

June 26, 2022 Farzaneh Doosti 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 […]

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

Birthday of Reza Deldar-Nik

April 6, 2021 Farzaneh Doosti 1

Short story by Mohammad Tolouei It happened in the middle of the ceremony. Although mom had made sure I went to the toilet just before […]

The Top 7x7s of Niloufar Talebi

August 21, 2020 Farzaneh Doosti 0

Born to Iranian parents in London, the Iranian-American artist Niloufar Talebi has been devoting her career to the promotion of Persian arts and literature, the […]

Obituary: Prof. Badrozaman Gharib

August 4, 2020 Farzaneh Doosti 0

Everyday we wake up to rueful obituaries of dear ones lost to the corona-virus, and in this huge human loss, towering writers and artists are […]

Aeen Norouzi’s Top Sevens

June 11, 2020 Farzaneh Doosti 0

Aeen Norouzi has accepted our invitation to the second edition of Parsagon’s Top Sevens, and shared his favorite reads in Persian and world literature with us.