Ali Abdollahi: Pandemics May Cause More Empathy Between Readers, Writers
Paul Auster once called translators “the shadow heroes of literature, the often forgotten instruments that make it possible for different cultures to talk to one […]
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Houshang Ebtehaj [b. 1928]
[UPDATED Aug 10, 2022] Ebtehaj, Houshang (Rasht, 25 Feb. 1928 – Köln, 10 August 2022), alias H. E. Sayeh. Modernist poet and famous ghazal-writer of […]
Five Poems by Bijan Elahi
Bijan Elahi (July 7, 1945 – Dec 1, 2010) was a modernist poet and a prolific translator of T.S. Eliot, Arthur Rimbaud, Henri Michaux, Friedrich […]
Qeysar Aminpour (1959-2007)
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 […]
Vartan: a poem by Ahmad Shamlou
Today is Ahmad Shamlou’s 92nd birthday, a blessed occasion to read one of his finest poems: “Vartan didn’t Say a Word” is a political poem […]
Simin: Versifier of a Nation’s Sentiments & Sorrows
For more than a half-century, the arena of contemporary Persian literature has been graced with the luminous presence of two Simins: Simin Daneshvar and Simin […]
Postmortem Taste of Cherry: Abbas Kiarostami Deceased
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 […]
Kadkani, a Gem of Khorasan
There are not many literary scholars in the history of Persian literature who are also great poets; neither are there many poets who made it […]
Bloom, Rahmani, and the Aestheticization of Bitterness
A Profile on Nosrat Rahmani (1929-2000) The most challenging task in writing on Nosrat Rahmani’s poetry is to render the uniqueness of his poetical compositions […]
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 […]