Books that Changed My Life: Fereshteh Ahmadi

September 15, 2017 Melika Majlesi (Translator) 0

“Thrush in the Cage” written by Nima Youshij is the first book I borrowed after my first library subscription. I was only ten, and with this book I felt I seriously stepped into the world of readers. Under the influence of the big notebook on which my name was written, and the subscription paper that my teacher had to sign, I read the book even more carefully and gave a thought to the moral point of the story. Surprisingly not long after this feeling, another book push me into a completely different world: “Devilin theDusk”1. The cover showed the picture of a girl withblond hair who was running along a the street and a black car was chasing afterher.

Sohrab Sepehri the Painter

April 26, 2017 parsagon 0

(c) Photo improved and reconstructed by AI, 2025. Sohrab Sepehri (1928–1980) occupies a unique place in twentieth-century Iranian culture as both a poet and painter […]

Memorial Day

February 10, 2017 parsagon 0

Memorial Day A short story by Peyman Esmaeili Translated from Persian by Shima Houshyar Courtesy of ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PERSIAN LITERATURE Release Date: […]

Top Ten Translations from Persian in 2016

January 22, 2017 Farzaneh Doosti 0

The year just past brought no drastic change in the slow pace of translation from Persian literature, resulting in no more than a handful of slender volumes. The titles chosen, however, compensate for quantity. These recent translations cover an exciting range of genres and subjects that together form a polyphonic list of Persian literary practices available for enthusiastic readers.

Kanizu

November 30, 2016 Mohammad Ahmadpour 0

Title: Kanizu Author: Moniru Ravanipour Series: Contemporary Iranian Fiction Genre: Short Story Collection Publisher: Niloofar Release Date: 1988 Noteworthy: Southern literature, magic realism Available in other languages: […]

Savushun

October 24, 2016 Mohammad Ahmadpour 0

Savushun (Suvashun) Author: Simin Daneshvar Publication Date: 1969 Available in other languages:  Yes [tr. M. R. Ghanoonparvar, Savushun, A Novel About Modern Iran, 1990; and […]

Shade of Shahrivar

September 1, 2016 Farzaneh Doosti 0

It’s Shahrivar again, month of honey-sweet grapes and golden melons. For a Middle-Easterner, it’s also a month of uncertain feelings and mellow breezes hesitant between heat and […]