The Flight of a Very Old Man Born with Enormous Wings
The demise of Gabriel Garcia Marquez is more than a casual newspaper heading. It’s the death of a gigantic writer whose mighty pen and magic […]
Articles by Farzaneh Doosti
The Balkh Festival
Founded by Alhoda International Cultural, Artistic and Publishing Institute, the Balkh Festival tends to expand mutual cultural interests between Iranian and Afghan thinkers and writers by commemorating and awarding outstanding figures and achievements in this regard.
Homage to the Singer of Naseria
Today (December 20) coincides with the seventh death anniversary of Iranian Pop Star Naser Abdollahi who, despite his brief twinkle in the arena of Iranian […]
R.I.P. Farrokh Ghaffari (1921 – 2006)
Today (December 17) is marked with the death anniversary of Iranian film director, actor, critic and author Farrokh Ghaffari. Ghaffari was a significant character in […]
Happy Birthday Shamlou! Happy Birthday Baraheni!
Today is the birthday anniversary of the acclaimed Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou (born December 12, 1925), the Godfather of contemporary Persian poetry and almost the […]
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 […]
The Spell Chanted by Lambs
Title: The Spell Chanted by Lambs Series: Contemporary Iranian Novel Author(s): Reza Ghassemi, Erfan Mojib (translator) Genre: Fiction, Novel, Postmodernist Literature Publisher: Candle & Fog […]
Let Us Steal a Lease of Life
Let Us Steal a Lease of Life: interview with Martin Turner English psychologist, poet and translator 28th August 2003 Raised in Post-War plenty, I could […]
In Fine Frenzy Rolling
With bare hands and brave hearts did we begin, with eyes in “fine frenzy rolling”1 and souls in darkness crawling. And we reached a bright […]