Memorial notes, a travel in time
Mirrors in Mourning: Monir Farmanfarmaian Dies
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (b. 16 December 1922 – Qazvin), one of the most internationally renowned Iranian artists passed away on 20 April, 2019. Monir was […]
Pendulum
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.
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 […]
April 2016: Jaber Anasori, Manouchehr Sotudeh Pass Away
1. Iranian anthropologist Jaber Anasori dies at 71 Prominent Iranian anthropologist Jaber Anasori, mostly famous for his lifetime of study and research on Iranian ritual […]
Author Ghasem Hasheminejad Dies Aged 76
Ghasem Hasheminejad, author of breakthrough novel ‘Elephant in the Dark’ and eminent scholar in classical Persian literature passed away today, Friday 1st April, having suffered […]