As modern Iran's first female novelist, Simin Daneshvar, who has died aged 90, knew a lot about adversity. Professionally, she had to make her way in a literary scene dominated by men; in her ...

Simin Daneshvar’s first novel, Savushun, is one of the most powerful literary episodes in Persian fiction [GALLO/GETTY] New York, NY – Much of the world’s attention was drawn to the confounding ...

TEHRAN --- Eminent author and translator Simin Daneshvar, known as the first Iranian female novelist, died at her home in Tehran. She was 90. Daneshvar died of natural causes associated with old age ...

TEHRAN -- Eminent Iranian author Simin Daneshvar was laid to rest in the Artists Section of Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery on Sunday morning. Literati and cultural figures accompanied the eminent ...

“Simin Daneshvar is a prominent figure amongst the Persian language lovers in the Middle East and this book focuses on different aspects of Daneshvar’s story writing,” Iranian scholar and expert on ...

Pioneering Iranian novelist and translator Simin Daneshvar has died in Tehran at the age of 90. Daneshvar, the first head of the Iranian Writers Association, was also the first woman to publish a ...

Her 1969 novel, "Suvashun," is one of the most important works in modern Persian culture. [ obituary ] Simin Daneshvar, an iconic figure in contemporary Persian literature, passed away on Thursday in ...

TEHRAN, March 17 (UPI) -- Iranian writer Simin Daneshvar, who authored the best-selling 1969 novel "Savushun," died in Tehran at the age of 90, her family confirmed. Daneshvar had been stricken with ...

NEW YORK - Simin Daneshvar, who was the most potent surviving symbol of the vibrancy of 20th-century literature in Iran, died March 8 in Tehran. She was 90. Relatives, who confirmed the death, said ...

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