Behbahani Dies at 87

Simin Behbahani, the poet and prominent figure of modern Persian literature, dies in Tehran at 87.

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Simin Daneshvar, Creator of Suvashun, Dies at 90

Simin Daneshvar, a leading novelist, writer and intellectual died on Thursday in Tehran at the age of 90. She was the first female novelist in Iran and a towering figure in contemporary Persian litrature. Daneshvar’s masterpiece, Suvashun, was published in 1969, receiving wide literary acclaims as a seminal work of modern Persian fiction.

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Reza Seyyed-Hosseini: 1926 – 2009

Reza Seyyed-Hosseini: 1926 - 2009

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Reza Seyyed-Hosseini, the veteran translator, author, literary critic and researcher, passed away on Friday at the age of 83 at a Tehran Hospital. His funeral services will be held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Sunday 3 May.

Seyyed-Hossieni translated numerous outstanding works of French literature including those by Albert Camus, Andre Malraux and Jean Paul Sartre.

Abdollah Kowsari, one of Iran’s renowned translators, said of Seyyed-Hosseini, “We owe a great part of our knowledge of French literature to him,” [Mehr New Agency, 1 May].

This blogger believes that Omid, Seyyed-Hosseini’s translation of Andre Malraux’s Man’s Hope, is probably the best translation of a major work of literature ever produced in Iran.

Uskowi on Iran extends its deep condolences to Seyyed-Hosseini’s family and to the people of Iran.