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 […]
Scholar
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 […]
Houshang Ebtehaj [b. 1928]
Ebtehaj, Houshang (Rasht, 25 Feb. 1928-.), alias H. E. Sayeh. Modernist poet and famous ghazal-writer of contemporary Iran, songwriter and musician, andscholar in the field […]
Abolhassan Najafi Translation Award
Renowned Iranian writer and translator Abolhassan Najafi was born in Najaf of Iraq to a religious Isfahani family on 28th June 1929 and passed away […]
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 […]
Ahmad Samiee Guilani [b. 1920]
Ahmad Samiee Guilani is an eminent writer, translator, and editor. He was born in February of 1920 in Sangelaj neighborhood, Tehran. Having received elementary and […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]