The Iranian Nominees’ Road Map to the Andersen Award
The Hans Christian Andersen Award organization has avowed to honour the artistry and creative prowess of writers and illustrators ever since 1960s. Every two years, […]
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Abolhassan Najafi Translation Award
First published: January 28, 2019 | Edit and update: March 3, 2025 Renowned Iranian writer and translator Abolhassan Najafi was born in Najaf of Iraq […]
Seven Short Poems by Siavash Kasrai
For more than half a century, Siavash Kasrai has been celebrated as one of the most fervent literary figures of contemporary Persian poetry. His unyielding […]
Remembering Siavash Kasrai (Feb 25, 1927 – Feb 8, 1996)
February marks the anniversary of Siavash Kasrai’s birth and passing. Born in Isfahan, Iran, Kasrai was a prominent poet who graduated from the Faculty of […]
Two Poems by Maytham Khaghani
Freudian Discovery of Inner Self Comprised of complexes complicates my soul: Am I as attached as Electra to the one who hath begot me? Men, […]
English: Rice, Not Poetry
A Review of Sanaz Toossi’s play English English, the 2023 winner of Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is written by a contemporary Iranian-American playwright, Sanaz Toossi. […]
Palimpsesting the Raven: From Poe to Persian Poets
Out of all natural and supernatural beings, world poets have shown a particular and unique bonding with birds, from nightingales and peacocks to canaries, parrots, […]
Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan
(1925, Nodooshan – 2022, Toronto) Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan, eminent Iranian scholar, translator, poet, literary critic and professor of law and Persian literature at the University […]
Review: Niyayesh-Pand-e Pir-e Herat
The Annotated Preaching-Prayers of Khajeh Abdullah Ansari The present book contains a selection of writings by Khajeh Abdullah Ansari, a renowned mystic and a towering […]