Palette: Iran Darroudi
updated December 2021 Iran Darroudi, renowned Iranian surrealist painter, director, and screenwriter, was born on September 2, 1936 to a well-to-do family in Mashhad. Blessed […]
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Palette: Farideh Lashai
Farideh Lashai (1944–2013) stands as one of the most original and influential figures in modern and contemporary Iranian art. Born in Rasht, Iran, she left […]
Farewell, Dr Jalal Sattari [1931-2021]
Renowned Iranian mythologist, writer and translator Jalal Sattari passes away, aged 90. Born in 1931 in the northern Iranian city Rasht, Sattari obtained a PhD […]
Four Spring Songs by Hafiz Shirazi
With boiling passion’s eager haste,
Comes forth the blushing rose;
Shall we not wine like water waste,
Soft dashing as it flows?
November Loss: Three Inedible Artists Gone with the Corona Virus
Parviz Pourhosseini (September 11, 1941 – November 27, 2020) Pourhosseini was a veteran film, theater and television actor who died of Covid 19 disease last […]
Literature May Help Us Judge Better in Moments of Crisis: Moradiani
Nasrollah Moradiani (born in 1984) holds a BA degree in English Translation and an MA degree in Translation Studies. His master’s thesis was concerned with […]
Obituary: Prof. Akbar Alemi [1945-2020]
Dr Akbar Alami, Iranian university professor, TV presenter, film critic, and director died of the coronavirus on Tuesday, October 13, at the age of 77. […]
The Legend Leaves Us: Shajarian, RIP!
“The body of Avaz lost the soul,” wrote Kayhan Kalhor today, announcing the passing of legendary master vocalist Mohammadreza Shajarian (1940 – 2020) after almost […]
Art, a symbol of pandemic sympathy: Sameti
In times of global crises such as pandemics, when usually all the focuses are on pandemic fears, art can work as a symbol of pandemic sympathy. Whereas it seems that art is not the priority in these times, in comparison with science, artistic productions are as essential as scientific discoveries.
Five Poems by Bijan Elahi
Bijan Elahi (July 7, 1945 – Dec 1, 2010) was a modernist poet and a prolific translator of T.S. Eliot, Arthur Rimbaud, Henri Michaux, Friedrich […]