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Publications & Prizes
Books:
Self-Portrait in Bloom (l'Aleph, 2019)
, Belonging: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World (North Atlantic Books, 2008)
Prizes won:
Fulbright U.S. Scholar (2021-2022)
New Music USA (2017)
National Endowment for the Arts (Opera Project) (2017)
Creative Work Fund (2016)
Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation (2016)
California Arts Council (2016)
San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant (2014-2022)
Center for Cultural Innovation (2014-2020)
Belonging: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World nominated for the Northern California Book Award (2008)
PEN American Center / NYSCA “Anthology in Translation" Award (2007)
American Literary Translators Association Fellowship (2005)
Willis Barnstone Translation Prize (2005)
International Center for Writing and Translation Prize (2004)
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What I'm reading now:
The Unexpurgated Diaries of Anaïs Nin by , My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir by , Poetry by Ahmad Shamlou by
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Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Prefers to work with:
Any
Fluent in:
English, Persian
Born in:
London
United Kingdom
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Last update: Mar 08, 2023