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 […]
Annual
Bijan Najdi [1941-1997]
Bijan Najdi (15 November 1941 in Khash, Iran – 25 August 1997 in Lahijan, Iran) was an Iranian short story writer and poet best known […]
10 Feb 2015
1. Khalil Khatib Rahbar Passes Away Aged 92 Dr Khalil Khatib Rahbar was born in 1923 in Kerman and received his doctorate degree in Persian […]
30 Jan 2015
1. Renowned translator Keikavus Jahandari dies Iranian translator Keikavus Jahandari, famous for his translations from German of works like Hermann Hesse ‘s “Steppenwolf” passed away […]
20 Jan 2015
Moshfeq Kashani Dies While Performing His Last Poem The Iranian poet Moshfeq Kashani, who is considered one of the restorers of Persian classical poetry, passed […]
10 Jan 2015
1. The New Generation of Persian Writers: Website launched January is the month of beginnings and a project that sets its beginning in January enjoys […]
Tehran Story Award
Tehran Story Award (or as Zibasazi has entitled it, Tehran’s Story Award) was founded in 2014 by TBO (Tehran Beautification Organization, dependnt of the Municipality […]
Ale-Ahmad Prize Granted to Literature, en fin!
This year the Jalal Ale Ahmad Awards finally announced a finalist out of the nominees to surprise the disappointed literati. The most sumptous Iranian literary […]
Goli Taraghi [b. 1939]
The first chapter of Goli Taraghi’s Two Worlds, “The First Day,” begins with the narrator finding herself stunned and silent at a psychiatric hospital, stuck […]
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 […]