1910s – PARSAGON

Mohammad Taghi Kahnamouee (1919 – 1984)

April 1, 2014 Sadjad Pourghannad 0

Mohammad-Taghi Kahnamouee (1919-1984) was born in Tehran, Iran. Having played in more than one hundred movies as a graduate of Acting High School, Kahnamouee’s activity as a writer was overshadowed.

Mohammad Ghazi

January 14, 2014 Shataw Naseri 0

January 14 is marked by the demise of a prolific translator many of whose translations are still unrivaled and stay on the pinnacles of Persian […]

The Top 7x7s of Niloufar Talebi

PARSAGON: Which works of world literature/arts would you mark as the most influential on your life and career? How have they moved you? TALEBI: There are […]
Art, a symbol of pandemic sympathy: Sameti

In times of global crises such as pandemics, when usually all the focuses are on pandemic fears, art can work as a symbol of pandemic sympathy. Whereas it seems that art is not the priority in these times, in comparison with science, artistic productions are as essential as scientific discoveries.
Aeen Norouzi’s Top Sevens

Aeen Norouzi has accepted our invitation to the second edition of Parsagon’s Top Sevens, and shared his favorite reads in Persian and world literature with us.
Peyman Esmaeili’s Favorite Books

Peyman Esmaeili was born in 1977 in Tehran. He studied electronics engineering at Iran University of Science & Technology, meanwhile he was a member of […]
Elli Dehnavi Recommends

Born in 1980 in Mashhad, Elli Dehnavi is a writer, editor, and literary translator who also does academic research on Middle Eastern cinema and literature. […]
Natasha Moharramzadeh’s Top Reads

Natasha Moharramzadeh was born in 1979 in the northern city of Lahijan. She holds an MA degree in Art Research from the Art University of […]
Top 2014 Literary Translations From Persian

The year just passed was not that fruitful in the number of Persian literary works translated into English; the list hardly exceeds ten. In terms […]