10 Jan 2015
1. The New Generation of Persian Writers: Website launched January is the month of beginnings and a project that sets its beginning in January enjoys […]
Articles by parsagon
Aida Runs over Behnam Naseh’s Bookshelves
Born in 1973 in Rasht, Behnam Naseh is a published writer, editor, and journalist. His debut novel Irandokht was the praiseworthy winner of the 16th […]
Sholeh Wolpe’s Top Sevens
The Parsagon Review’s October guest is a literary mediator between two cultures with her translations especially of contemporary Iranian poetry and prose. Sholeh Wolpé is […]
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 […]
May 2014 Networthy
I. The 13th Golshiri Award Wraps Up In Friday evening April 25, 2014, the concluding ceremony of Houshang Golshiri Literary Award was held, during which […]
Sohrab in Translation, IIDCYA Spanish Books, Forthcoming TIBF, Translations of Cavafy and Mohebali
I. Sohrab Sepehri Translation Three Percent Awards’ Finalist The Oasis of Now, selection of translated poems by late Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri is among the […]
The Top Seven Books of Belgheis Soleimani
Writer and literary critic Belgheis Soleimani was born in April 1963 in a rural area near Kerman. She started her literary career as a researcher […]
7 Popular Iranian Children’s Books: Editors Pick
Since 1967, International Children’s Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated on April 2, on or around Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, to inspire the love of reading […]
RIP Richard Nelson Frye
Regarded as the “dean of the world’s Iranists,” Eminent American scholar and Iranologist Richard Nelson Frye passed away on March 27, 2014 aged 94. He […]
From Pariz to Paris to Paradise: Bastani Parizi passes away
Mohammad-Ebrahim Bastani Parizi, Iranian writer, researcher, historian and University of Tehran’s Emeritus Professor passed away yesterday (March 25) at age 89. Born in Pariz town […]