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 […]
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Abolhassan Najafi Translation Award
First published: January 28, 2019 | Edit and update: February 2022 Renowned Iranian writer and translator Abolhassan Najafi was born in Najaf of Iraq to […]
Farewell, Dr Jalal Sattari [1931-2021]
Renowned Iranian mythologist, writer and translator Jalal Sattari passes away, aged 90. Born in 1931 in the northern Iranian city Rasht, Sattari obtained a PhD […]
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 […]
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 […]
Literature May Help Us Judge Better in Moments of Crisis: Moradiani
Nasrollah Moradiani (born in 1984) holds a BA degree in English Translation and an MA degree in Translation Studies. His master’s thesis was concerned with […]
The Top 7x7s of Niloufar Talebi
Born to Iranian parents in London, the Iranian-American artist Niloufar Talebi has been devoting her career to the promotion of Persian arts and literature, the […]
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.
Dariush Ashouri [b. 1938]
Bio Brief Dariush Ashouri (b. August 2, 1938, Tehran) is an eminent Iranian intellectual, linguist, translator, encyclopedist, sociocultural activist, and Hafezologist. Ashouri was born in […]
Ahmad Samiee Guilani [1920-2023]
UPDATED [Mar 2023]: Ahmad Samiee Guilani passed away on March 2, 2023 at age 103 in Tehran. Ahmad Samiee Guilani is an eminent writer, translator, […]