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

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 …

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

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