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The Iranian Nominees’ Road Map to the Andersen Award

April 26, 2025 Maytham Khaghani 0

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, […]

Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan

May 2, 2024 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. […]

PROFILE

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  • The Iranian Nominees’ Road Map to the Andersen Award

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