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Portfolio: Amir-Hossein Yazdanbod
Born in 1977 in Tehran, Amirhossein studied philosophy and physics, but later changed his area to computer engineering. He started writing fiction in 2004 and […]
April 2016: Jaber Anasori, Manouchehr Sotudeh Pass Away
1. Iranian anthropologist Jaber Anasori dies at 71 Prominent Iranian anthropologist Jaber Anasori, mostly famous for his lifetime of study and research on Iranian ritual […]
The Cheese Forest
Author: Fereshteh Ahmadi Publisher: Qoqnoos Publication Date: 2009 Available in other languages: No To discover the real cause of her father’s death, a girl embarks […]
Author Ghasem Hasheminejad Dies Aged 76
Ghasem Hasheminejad, author of breakthrough novel ‘Elephant in the Dark’ and eminent scholar in classical Persian literature passed away today, Friday 1st April, having suffered […]
March 2016
Samin Baghcheban Returns with Chaharshanbeh Soori Few years after the saddening death of the best preserver of the Iranian people’s childhood memories in operatic collection, […]
Homage to Modern Scheherazade of Iran
Most of Daneshvar’s protagonists are women; her attention to women’s lives and their characters were unprecedented in the fictional literature of Iran. The women she portrayed are unalike those that her famous contemporaries
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. […]
The Baron’s Melancholy Blues
Author: Asghar Abdollahi Publisher: Nilla; 2002 Available in other languages: No Asghar Abdollahi’s story revolves around the character of a young man working as a […]