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Simin Daneshvar
Simin Daneshvar

Simin Dāneshvar [1] (Persian: سیمین دانشور) (born 1921 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian academic, renowned novelist, fiction writer and translator of literary works from English, German, Italian and Russian into Persian. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Shiraz ( شیراز Shīrāz) is the fifth most populated city in Iran and the capital of Fars Province. layout and formatting it should ensure no clashes with the top of the infobox English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Daneshvar has a number of "firsts" to her credit. In 1948, her collection of Persian short stories was the first by an Iranian woman to be published. The first novel by an Iranian woman was her Suvashun ("Mourners of Siyāvosh," 1969), which has become Iran's bestselling novel ever. Daneshvar's Playhouse, a collection of five stories and two autobiographical pieces, is the first volume of translated stories by an Iranian woman author. [2]

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Education

Simin Daneshvar grew up in Shiraz where she received her early education. In 1942 she moved to Tehran where she studied Persian literature at Tehran University. Tehran (or Teheran) ( Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital and largest City of Iran, and the administrative center of Persian literature ( spans two and a half millennia though much of the pre- Islamic material has been lost The University of Tehran ( also known as Tehran University and UT, is the oldest and largest university of Iran. Her Ph. D. dissertation, "Beauty as Treated in Persian Literature," was approved in 1949 under the supervision of Professor Badiozzaman Forouzanfar. Badǐ'ozzamān Forǔzānfar (c1899 Boshrooyeh in Ferdows County - 1970 Tehran) ( was a scholar of Persian literature, Iranian In 1950, Daneshvar married the well-known Iranian short story writer and novelist Jalal Al-e Ahmad. Jalal Al-e-Ahmad ( December 2, 1923 &mdash September 9, 1969) was a prominent Iranian writer thinker and social and political critic In 1952, she traveled to the United States as a Fulbright Fellow working on creative writing at Stanford University. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of grants for international educational exchange for scholars educators graduate Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in When she returned to Iran, she joined the faculty at University of Tehran. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The University of Tehran ( also known as Tehran University and UT, is the oldest and largest university of Iran. In 1979, Daneshvar retired from her post at the University.

Works

As an author and translator, Daneshvar writes sensitively about the Iranian woman and her life. Daneshvar's most successful work Suvashun,[3] a novel about settled and tribal life in and around her hometown of Shiraz, was published in 1969. A best-seller of all Persian novels, it has undergone at least fifteen reprints. She has also contributed to the periodicals Sokhan and Alef-ba, and has translated some of the works of George Bernard Shaw, Anton Chekhov, Alberto Moravia, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Saroyan, and Arthur Schnitzler into Persian. George Bernard Shaw ( (26 July 1856 &ndash 2 November 1950 was an Irish Playwright. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle, ( November 28, 1907 &ndash September 26, 1990) was one of the leading Italian Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4 1804 – May 19 1864 was an American novelist and Short story writer William Saroyan ( August 31, 1908 - May 18 1981) was an Armenian American Author. Arthur Schnitzler ( May 15, 1862 - October 21, 1931) was an Austrian writer, Dramatist and doctor A City Like Paradise (Shahri chon Behesht) is the lead story of a collection she published in 1962. In 1981, she completed a monograph on Jalal Al-e Ahmad, Ghoroub-e Jalal (The Sunset of Jalal's Days). Jalal Al-e-Ahmad ( December 2, 1923 &mdash September 9, 1969) was a prominent Iranian writer thinker and social and political critic

Daneshvar's stories reflect reality rather than fantasy. They contain themes such as child theft, adultery, marriage, childbirth, sickness, death, treason, profiteering, illiteracy, ignorance, poverty and loneliness. The issues she deals with are the social problems of the 1960s and 1970s, which have immediacy and credibility for the reader. Her inspiration is drawn from the people around her. In her own words: "Simple people have much to offer. They must be able to give freely and with peace of mind. We, too, in return, must give to them to the best of our abilities. We must, with all our heart, try to help them acquire what they truly deserve. "

Notes

  1. ^ Simin (سیمین) is the Persian word for Silvery, Lustrous or Fair, and Dāneshvar (دانشور), a combination of Dānesh (دانش), Knowledge, Science, and var (ور), a suffix indicative of one's profession or vocation, for Learned, Scientist.
  2. ^ Daneshvar's Playhouse: A Collection of Stories - Fiction Books Translated from Persian From Iran
  3. ^ In the introduction to the English translation of Suvashun (سووشون) one reads [1]:

    "Suvashun (pronounced "soo-va-shoon") is a folk tradition, surviving in Southern Iran from an undatable pre-Islamic past, that conjures hope in spite of everything. "

    [1] Suvashun: A novel about modern Iran (Mage Publishers, Washington, D. C. , 1991). ISBN 0934211310

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