Visual Arts – PARSAGON

Three Odes to Spring: Shafiei Kadkani

March 20, 2019 parsagon 0

Pari Azarm Motamedi is an Iranian artist now living in Canada whose devotion to literature is manifest in her paintings. Her practice and interests for […]

Postmortem Taste of Cherry: Abbas Kiarostami Deceased

July 14, 2016 Farzaneh Doosti 0

Abbas Kiarostami, the award-winning Iranian director whose 1997 film Taste of Cherry was awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival, died aged 76, following […]

Karnameh Exhibition: A Diorama of Arts for Iranian Children

June 21, 2016 Farzaneh Doosti 0

It has often been difficult to trace the development of early children’s literature, widely practiced in the form of stories and songs for children, before […]

Illustrator Morteza Zahedi’s Favorite Fiction

July 17, 2014 parsagon 0

Renowned painter, illustrator and sculptor Morteza Zahedi was born in 1978 in Rasht, Iran. Zahedi graduated in painting in 1995 and ever since then has held […]

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 […]
Aida Runs over Behnam Naseh’s Bookshelves

Born in 1973 in Rasht, Behnam Naseh is a published writer, editor, and journalist. His debut novel Irandokht was the praiseworthy winner of the 16th […]