A Lantern for Persian Literature in Scandinavia
In September 2025, Dr Bo Utas was honored with the Mahmoud Afshar Foundation Award (the Afshar Literary and Historical Prizes), a recognition that celebrates scholars […]
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Sadeq Chubak: The Voice of the Voiceless
Through the exploration of literary works, we gain a profound understanding of human life and relentlessly get involved with environmental, social, and psychological factors on the human psyche. […]
Remembering Siavash Kasrai (Feb 25, 1927 – Feb 8, 1996)
February marks the anniversary of Siavash Kasrai’s birth and passing. Born in Isfahan, Iran, Kasrai was a prominent poet who graduated from the Faculty of […]
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 […]
Gholamhossein Sa’edi [1936 – 1985]
We Iranians who had among us Sa’edi, the physician-dramatist that taught us how to anatomize social maladies both on the stage and on the screen, […]
Shams Langeroodi (b. 1950-)
Javaheri Gillani, Mohammad-Taghi (Langerood, 17 Nov. 1950 – ) (alias Shams Langeroodi).Contemporary Iranian poet, author, university lecturer, literary historian, researcher and actor. He was born […]
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 […]
Mansour Owji [1937-2021]
BIO BRIEF Mansour Owji (November 30, 1937 – May 8, 2021) was a contemporary Iranian poet and writer. He was born in the Darb-e-Astane Seyyed […]
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]
[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 […]