Shahrnush Parsipur

Kara Abdolmaleki (University of Alberta)

Ed. by Laetitia Nanquette, University of New South Wales
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 7.1.1: Iranian/ Persian Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Laetitia Nanquette (University of New South Wales)

Dates

Born 17 Feb 1946
Activity 1969-ongoing

Places

Born in Iran
Active in Iran

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Story-writer

Other

Journalist
Translator

Resources

Parsipur's Works

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Born on 17 February 1946 in Tehran, Shahrnush Parsipur is a celebrated Iranian novelist and translator, well-known for her novella

Zanan Bedun-e Mardan

[

Women without Men

] (1989), which was adapted into a feature film in 2009. Her novel

Touba va Ma’na-ye Shab

[

Touba and the Meaning of Night

] (1993) has been translated into German, Italian, Polish, and English and has attracted a wide readership in academic circles in particular (Zarrin-Panah).

Parsipur’s writing style is plain and sincere, yet poignant. Her works unabashedly explore what Iranian fiction has left unexplored in women’s lives, their psyche, their relationship with nature, their embodiment, and their oft-forgotten place in history. Parsipur’s literary and philosophical influences are extremely varied too: she is

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Citation: Abdolmaleki, Kara . "Shahrnush Parsipur". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 April 2018 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13683, accessed 18 April 2024.]

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