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Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan

May 2, 2022 Farzaneh Doosti 0

(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 […]

In the Company of the Silent Sage

April 21, 2021 Shahraz Savaji 0

In the Company of the Silent Sage (or: در صحبت دانای بی زبان – channel link here) is a telegram channel recently launched by the […]

Birthday of Reza Deldar-Nik

April 6, 2021 Farzaneh Doosti 1

Short story by Mohammad Tolouei It happened in the middle of the ceremony. Although mom had made sure I went to the toilet just before […]

Qeysar Aminpour (1959-2007)

October 31, 2019 Shahraz Savaji 0

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 […]

Mirrors in Mourning: Monir Farmanfarmaian Dies

April 21, 2019 parsagon 0

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (b. 16 December 1922 – Qazvin), one of the most internationally renowned Iranian artists passed away on 20 April, 2019. Monir was […]

April 2016: Jaber Anasori, Manouchehr Sotudeh Pass Away

April 30, 2016 parsagon 0

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 […]

Author Ghasem Hasheminejad Dies Aged 76

April 1, 2016 parsagon 0

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 […]

The Flight of a Very Old Man Born with Enormous Wings

April 20, 2014 Farzaneh Doosti 0

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 […]

Sadeq Hedayat [1903-1951]

December 31, 2013 Shataw Naseri 0

BIO BRIEF  Sadeq Hedayat was born in February 17, 1903 and was educated at Dar-ol-Fonoon (1914-1916) and the Lycée Français (French high school) in Tehran. […]

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  • Genre, Piece, Poetry
    Seven Poems by Abbas Kiarostami
  • December, Music, Parergon, Poetry, Prism
    The Sama: Hearing with the Heart
  • 1920s, April, August, Poet, Professor, Profile, Researcher, Scholar, Travel Writer
    Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan
  • October, Piece, Poet, Poetry
    My Country, I Shall Build You Again!
  • October, Prizes
    The Afshar Literary Awards
  • August, Critic, Researcher, Scholar, September
    Summer was a sad season for Iranian Studies
  • Annual, December, Piece, Poet, Poetry
    Vartan: a poem by Ahmad Shamlou
  • 1930s, August, July, Mythologist, Translator
    Farewell, Dr Jalal Sattari [1931-2021]
  • Actor, Artist, Death, Filmmaker, November, Obituary
    November Loss: Three Inedible Artists Gone with the Corona Virus
  • December, January, Parergon, Prism
    All Faces of Forough: an Iconographic Report

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  • Oh Mortal Month of May!

    In the midst of the Covid19 pandemic, May 2021 is marked by a huge cultural loss, as regrettably seven eminent and irreplaceable figures of culture, arts and literature of Iran passed away during this month

  • Mansour Owji [1937-2021]

    BIO BRIEF Mansour Owji (November 30, 1937 – May 8, 2021) was a contemporary Iranian poet and writer. He was born in the Darb-e-Astane Seyyed […]

  • Mohammad Qazvini [1877-1949]

    Qazvini, Mohammad (Tehran, 30th March 1877 – 27th May 1949) [10th Farvardin 1256 – 6th Khordad 1328]. A pioneer in the field of literary and […]

  • Fariba Vafi nominated for LiBeratur Prize

    Iranian author Fariba Vafi has been nominated for the LiBeratur Prize, a literary honor that is presented by the Litprom Association in Frankfurt. She received […]

  • May 2016

    1. Painter Parviz Kalantari dies at 85 The diligent artist and illustrator Parviz Kalantari, famous for his indigenous drawings of Iranian nomadic life passed away […]

  • May 2015 Roundup

    I. The 28th Tehran Int’l Book Fair Held Tehran International Book Fair is annually held in May as a social and cultural phenomenon with book […]

  • Badiozzaman Forouzanfar Award

    Professor Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (originally named Mohammad-Hassan Boshruyei) was born on 12 July 1904 in Boshruyeh of Ferdows County and passed away on May 6, 1970. His […]

  • Reza Amirkhani [b. 1973]

    BIO BRIEF Born in Tehran a few years before the Islamic Revolution, Reza Amirkhani is a true representative of the Revolution Generation, or as they […]

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