Simin Daneshvar
Novelist, Author
1921 – 2012
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Who was Simin Daneshvar?
Simin Dāneshvar was an Iranian academic, novelist, fiction writer and translator, largely regarded as the first major Iranian woman novelist. Daneshvar had 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 Savushun, which went on to become a bestseller. Daneshvar's Playhouse, a collection of five stories and two autobiographical pieces, is the first volume of translated stories by an Iranian woman author.
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- Born
- Apr 28, 1921
Shiraz - Also known as
- Sīmīn Dānishvar
- Simin Danishvar
- Parents
- Spouses
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad
(1950 - 1969/09/09)
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad
- Nationality
- Iran
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, University of Tehran
Persian literature
(1938 - 1949) - Stanford University
Creative writing
(1952 - 1954)
- PhD, University of Tehran
- Employment
- University of Tehran
- Died
- Mar 8, 2012
Tehran
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on July 23, 2013
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