Davoud the Hunchback by Sadeq Hedayat [English Translation]
“No, no, no. I will never be able to walk this way,” Davoud muttered to himself as he struck the ground with a short yellow stick, using it as a crutch to ease his laborious progress. His face was a terrible sight: a sunken head between narrow shoulders on a protruding chest. His gaunt and […]
Sadeq Hedayat: Dash Akol [English Translation]
It was common knowledge in Shiraz that Dash Akol and Kaka Rostam harbored a deep hatred for each other. On one particular day, Dash Akol was sitting on a bench in the teahouse of Domil – one of his old haunts – with a quail cage next to him, covered by a red blanket. With […]
Anthology of Persian Poetry
Anthology of Persian Poetry covers a wide range of poems from different poets of diffrenet ages Persia. All poems have been translated by Ali Salami unless stated otherwise. Persian poets such as Ferdowsi, Saadi, Hafiz, Attar, Nezami, Rumi and Omar Khayyam are also known in the West and have influenced the literature of many countries. Selected Persian Poems Knowledge is truly thy source of […]
Forough Farrokhzad: Selected Poems [English Edition]
One of the leading modern poets of Iran, Forough Farrokhzad was born and brought up in a military family. She married Parviz Shapur, the well-known Iranian satirist at the age of 16. The following selection has been translated by Ali Salami. Forough Farrokhzad learned painting and sewing and moved to Ahvaz with her husband. Thence […]
Sohrab Sepehri: Selected Poems [English]
Sohrab Sepehri was born in Kashan on October 7, 1928; a very talented artist and a gifted poet, Sohrab Sepehri shot to stardom with the publication of The Water’s Footfall which was subsequently followed by The Traveler and The Expanse of Green. Sohrab Sepehri died of blood cancer in Tehran in 1980. The folowing poems […]
Bozorg Alavi: The Portmanteau (Chamedan)
Bozorg Alavi was a leftist writer and one of the most noted Iranian novelists of the 20th century, whose works were banned in Iran from 1953 to 1979. Alavi is known for his novel Her Eyes and collected stories The Portmanteau (Chamedan). Biography of Bozorg Alavi Born in Tehran on February 2, 1904, Bozorg Alavi […]
Sadeq Chubak: Flowers of Flesh [Golhay-e Gushti in English Translation]
Murad stood in the middle of the busy street and slipped off his coat like a snake sheds its skin. Without giving it a second thought, he sold it to the nearest laundry mangle and felt a sense of relief rise up inside him. It was as if he had got rid of a bunch […]
Sadeq Hedayat: The Stray Dog [Sag-e Velgard]
A bakery, a butcher’s shop, a grocery store, a barber’s shop and two teahouses, all of which served to satisfy basic human needs, made up Varamin Square. The square and its inhabitants were half-baked and half-grilled in the heat of the tyrannical sun, passionately longing for the first breeze of the evening and the shadows […]