Simin Daneshvar

Biography

Educated in Iran she won a Fulbright scholarship to Stanford University. Married to a major Iranian intellectual who founded the Writers' Association of Iran, which she supported after his early death. She provided moral support for those opposing the Shah, but retired from public life after the revolution in 1979.

Location

Tehran

Birthplace

Shiraz

Books by Simin Daneshvar

Title Publication Date Price
A Persian Requiem (Paperback) February 2002 £9.99