From Translation to Creation
Less than a year ago, a friend called upon me to translate a play from Persian to English. After replying “yes” without any hesitation, I […]
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Mehdi Navid Recommends
Born in 1981 in Kermanshah and brought up in Tehran, Mehdi Navid is a writer, translator and editor best known for his translations of Beckett […]
Houshang Golshiri Awards
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 […]
Seven is a Sacred Haven
Our beloved poet Saadi relates that once upon a time he had lost all his money and revenues and, perforce, had to wander barefooted around […]
May 2014 Networthy
I. The 13th Golshiri Award Wraps Up In Friday evening April 25, 2014, the concluding ceremony of Houshang Golshiri Literary Award was held, during which […]
Dr Behzad Ghaderi’s Top Sevens
Born in 1953 in the South-Eastern city of Zahedan, Behzad Ghaderi should be regarded as the cavalier of Drama Studies in Iran. A peerless translator, […]
Mirza Fathali Akhundzadeh and Iranian Drama
Despite the Persian poetry, the Persian drama did not root in the ancient history of Iran. With a modern background, the history of the Persian […]
Sohrab in Translation, IIDCYA Spanish Books, Forthcoming TIBF, Translations of Cavafy and Mohebali
I. Sohrab Sepehri Translation Three Percent Awards’ Finalist The Oasis of Now, selection of translated poems by late Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri is among the […]
The Flight of a Very Old Man Born with Enormous Wings
The demise of Gabriel Garcia Marquez is more than a casual newspaper heading. It’s the death of a gigantic writer whose mighty pen and magic […]
The Top Seven Books of Belgheis Soleimani
Writer and literary critic Belgheis Soleimani was born in April 1963 in a rural area near Kerman. She started her literary career as a researcher […]