The Afshar Literary Awards
The Afshar Literary Awards was founded in 1989 by Dr Mahmoud Afshar Yazdi Charitable Trust to commemorate the most eminent poets, writers, scholars and researchers […]
Articles by Shahraz Savaji
In the Company of the Silent Sage
In the Company of the Silent Sage (or: در صحبت دانای بی زبان – channel link here) is a telegram channel recently launched by the […]
Noofe Speculative Novel Awards
According to the Awards’ website, Noofe Speculative Novel Awards was founded in Winter 2019 sponsored by Peydayesh Books to promote Persian speculative fiction and support […]
Qeysar Aminpour (1959-2007)
AKA Kaiser Aminpour Bio Brief Qeysar [aka Kaiser] Aminpour was one of the most outstanding, and perhaps the most popular, Post-revolutionary poets of Iran whose […]
Abolhassan Najafi Translation Award
Renowned Iranian writer and translator Abolhassan Najafi was born in Najaf of Iraq to a religious Isfahani family on 28th June 1929 and passed away […]
Tehran Story Award
Tehran Story Award (or as Zibasazi has entitled it, Tehran’s Story Award) was founded in 2014 by TBO (Tehran Beautification Organization, dependnt of the Municipality […]
Ale-Ahmad Prize Granted to Literature, en fin!
This year the Jalal Ale Ahmad Awards finally announced a finalist out of the nominees to surprise the disappointed literati. The most sumptous Iranian literary […]
Golshiri Awards on Pause
After 13 controversial rounds, the private-section Golshiri Award is stopped. The coordinators hope that by pausing the current system of annual award-granting, they can direct […]