Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan
(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 […]
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A Database for Persian, Translated
Alireza Taheri Araghi is an Iranian writer and translator. His translations have appeared in Asymptote, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Tripwire, RHINO, and Bat City Review, and his translation of Shahram […]
Dr Mehdi Forough [1911-2008]
Mehdi Forough, a renowned professor of Dramatic Literature in Iran and the founder of the College of Dramatic Arts, established in 1964 and dissolved in […]
Mohammad Qazvini [1877-1949]
Qazvini, Mohammad (Tehran, 30th March 1877 – 27th May 1949) [10th Farvardin 1256 – 6th Khordad 1328]. A pioneer in the field of literary and […]
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.
Summer was a sad season for Iranian Studies
Summer 2018 witnessed the death of some of the best Iranologists across the world. On 6th August 2018, Dr Leonard Lewisohn passed away at age […]
Dariush Shayegan, Author of Cultural Schizophrenia Dies
Iranian thinker and cultural theorist Dariush Shayegan passed away today (March 22) at Firouzgar Hospital of Tehran after two months in a coma.
Profile: Ruyin Pakbaz [b. 1939]
Ruyin Pakbaz (1939, Tehran) is a prominent Iranian art historian, critic, educator and painter. He studied painting at Tehran University (1967) and then pursued his […]
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. […]
Dr Behzad Ghaderi’s Top Sevens
Born in 1953 in the South-Eastern city of Zahedan, Behzad Ghaderi should be regarded as the cavalier of Drama Studies in Iran. A peerless translator, […]