Ali Akbar Dehkhoda (1879-1956)
Today (February 26) coincides with the 60th death anniversary of the great author of the Persian Encyclopedia. Ali Akbar Dehkhoda was born in Tehran, 1879. […]
Today (February 26) coincides with the 60th death anniversary of the great author of the Persian Encyclopedia. Ali Akbar Dehkhoda was born in Tehran, 1879. […]
Houshang Golshiri (born 1936, Esfahan—June 5, 2000, Tehran) is a prominent figure in Persian secular literature. His most famous novel, Prince Ehtejab (1968), later became […]
Acclaimed Iranian poetess, Parvin Etesesami, was born in Tabriz in 1907. Her first collection of poems was published in 1935 and she received the 3rd […]
Sadeq Hedayat Literary Awards was initiated in 2003 in honor of the 100th birthday of the great writer of The Bind Owl and since then it has been awarded to the Best Persian Short Stories.
The first day of month Bahman (January 19-21) is officially known as the birthday of Hakim Abul-Qasem Ferdawsi Tousi, born in Khorasan in a village near Tous in 940 CE.
Today (January 21) is marked by the death of a highly praised Constitutionalist poet. Abolqassem Aref Qazvini (1882- 1934) was an Iranian poet, lyricist, and […]
January 14 is marked by the demise of a prolific translator many of whose translations are still unrivaled and stay on the pinnacles of Persian […]
Hamid Rahmanian, a visual artist Living in New York City, believes that modern high classics such as “Lord of the Rings” and “A Game of […]
Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, the founder of the European-style Persian short-story genre, was born in Isfahan into a middle-class family. The date of his birth is […]
BIO BRIEF Sadeq Hedayat was born in February 17, 1903 and was educated at Dar-ol-Fonoon (1914-1916) and the Lycée Français (French high school) in Tehran. […]
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