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Famous Iranian writer

Reza Barachnie (born in 1935)

As the co-founders of the Iranian Writers' Association, Jalal Al-Ahmad, Gholamhossein Saedi and Reza Baraheni were also the presidents of Canadian PEN from 2000 to 2002. Barachnie is very influential in politics and an advocate of human rights, especially those of women and ethnic minorities. His life was disrupted, arrested and deported. His works are all over poems, plays, novels and critical articles, written in Persian and English, and many of his works have been translated into French. He is respected internationally and has won many literary and humanitarian awards. He is very popular in France. Many of his plays were staged at the French Theatre Festival, and his novels were adapted into plays.

Marjane satrapi (born in 1969)

Marjane satrapi is famous for her comic novels. He was born in Iran and grew up in Tehran. From 65438 to 0997, Sutlapi moved to Paris, where she was introduced to Atelier des Vosges, the most famous cartoon artist in France, where she was encouraged to write about her dramatic childhood in the Iranian revolution. This four-volume series, published in Persepolis (2000), explores the childhood and adolescence of Taishou in Iran and Vienna, and depicts conflicts and political turmoil from the perspective of children. Persepolis, which won international acclaim, was selected as one of the "Best Comics in 2003" by Time magazine and "Best Books in Ten Years 100". The Times (London). Persepolis has also been adapted into an animated film and won many global praises.

Shahriar Mandanipour (born in 1957)

Shahriar Mandanipour, both an essayist and a novelist, is called "one of the major novelists of our time" by The Guardian. Mandanipour started writing at the age of 14. It's a short story entitled Cave Shadow. From the early days, Mandanipour created a large number of works, including novels, essays, collections of short stories, reviews and articles. It was translated into many languages, and it was not until 2009 that Mandanipour's first novel, Examining Iranian Love Story, was published in English. Mandanipour's writing style is widely loved by readers and critics because of his experiments in language and context, and the way he skillfully weaves metaphorical images and symbols.

Kamin Mohammed I (born in 1970)

Kamin M'Hamdi was born in Iran and now lives in Britain. He is a writer, journalist and broadcaster, who pays attention to Iranian culture and life. As a versatile master, every writing path she explored has achieved great success. Her first work, Cypress: A Love Letter to Iran, reveals her physical and emotional journey at the age of 27, and she fled with her parents at the age of 9. In order to ensure that she can stay in her own country for a period of time every year, she has become a strong advocate of Iranian culture, co-authored the Lonely Planet Guide with Iran, and is often invited to give speeches about modern Iran around the world.

Mahmoud Dolata Badi (born in 1940)

Mahmoud Dallatabadi was born in Saba Zewar and was a poor shoemaker. He left home at a young age to pursue drama and writing and accepted any dream job he could afford. As an advocate of social and artistic freedom, his works attracted the attention of political elites, which led to his arrest in 1974. Kelida is one of his most noteworthy texts, and it is also a legendary story of ten books about Kurdish nomadic family life. Inspired by his own life, Dowlatabadi, as well as Iranian local poems and folk stories, are very popular in Iran and around the world and have been translated into many languages.

Forugh Farrokhzad (1935- 1967)

Considered by many as one of the most influential female poets in Iran in the 20th century, Forugh Farrokhzad's poems were banned in Iran for more than ten years after the revolution. Her works, written in Persian, were praised for boldly expressing the hidden feelings of Iranian women and touched many people's hearts, and were translated into Arabic, English, French, German, Russian and other languages. Although she created several works in her short life, including Captive (1955) and Another Birth (1963), her most famous work is Persuading Us to Start the Cold Season (1974), which was published after her death. She is also a film director, and her documentary "The House is Black" (1962) won international praise for exploring the leprosy population in the north of the country.

sade GH heda yat( 1903- 195 1)

As one of the greatest Iranian writers in the early 20th century, Sadeh-dayat was born into an upper-class family in Tehran. When he was young, he had the opportunity to study in Belgium and France and travel in Europe. Inspired by western literature, Iranian history and folk customs, Hedayat's works are famous for criticizing religion and its main influence on Iranian life. Hedayat's most famous works include short stories, plays, critical articles and novels, ef = "/gp/product/9186131443/? Tag=thecultri-20 "> The Blind Owl (1937), woven with thought-provoking symbols, discusses the national and spiritual condemnation suffered by Hedayat and his isolation due to his alienation from his peers.

Iraj Pezeshkzad (born in 1928)

Iraj Pezeshkzad was born in Tehran and has lived in France and Iran for a long time. His writing career began in 1950s, and he is also a translator and short story writer. His masterpiece appears in the form of Uncle Napoleon (1973), which is an ironic story that happened in a mansion in Iran during World War II. This book is full of political and social comments, which has attracted international attention and is known as "the most popular Iranian novel in the 20th century". It was also adapted into a TV series of the same name. Pezeshkzad is currently working as a journalist in Paris.

Simin Daneshvar( 192 1-20 12)

As the first major female novelist in Iran, the biography of Simin Danes Waal is full of Iran's first creation of female writers, including the first published novel, the first published story collection and the first translated works. Daneshvar studied Persian literature at Tehran University, and started her career in radio and newspaper news writing, where she was helped by English language skills. 1948, she published her first important work Atash-e khamoosh, which is a collection of short stories. Her greatest work is Savushun( 1969), which is a novel about the Shiraz family and their struggle during the Iranian occupation in World War II.

Houshang Golshiri( 1938-2000)

Houshang Golhiri is an influential writer who introduced many modern literary techniques into Persian literature. He began to write novels in the 1950s, although it was not until his first novel, Ehtejab, was published. (1969) His talent was truly recognized. This novel is an anti-establishment story, which has been adapted into a successful film. However, soon after this, Golshiri was arrested for his controversial topic. After his release, Golshiri continued to write, publishing short stories, autobiographical texts, novels, literary theories and critical papers in Iran and around the world. His human rights activities won many awards, and the famous Houshang Golshiri Foundation was established after his death, focusing on promoting contemporary Iranian novels.