Simin Daneshvar
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Simin Daneshvar, born in Shiraz on 28 April 1921, was an Iranian linguist, translator, writer, and novelist. She was educated at the University of Tehran and Stanford University, and was also employed by the University of Tehran. She was married to Jalal Al-e-Ahmad and spoke Persian and English. She died in Tehran on 8 March 2012, of influenza, and was buried at Behesht-e Zahra.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1921
- Died
- 2012
- Works
- 49
Top works
- باغ آلبالو
- يکصد و ده نامه از دو سيمين
- Daneshvar's Playhouse - (Five Stories)
- به کی سلام کنم
- Malik Jamshīd
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1921-04-28 ) 28 April 1921, Fasa , Sublime State of Iran
- Died
- 8 March 2012 (2012-03-08) (aged 90) , Tehran , Iran
- Resting place
- Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery
- Alma mater
- University of Tehran , Stanford University
- Occupations
- Academic, novelist, fiction writer, literary translator
- Spouse
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1950−1969, his death)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Place of birth
- Shiraz
- Place of death
- Tehran
- Spouse
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Stanford University
- Employer
- University of Tehran
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Simin Daneshvar Cc0be0e4.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1921-04-28
- date of death
- 2012-03-08
- medical condition
- influenza
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- influenza
- place of burial
- Behesht-e Zahra
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- Simin Daneshvar
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Encyclopedic overview
Simin Dāneshvar (Persian: سیمین دانشور; 28 April 1921 – 8 March 2012) was an Iranian academic, novelist, fiction writer, and translator.
She was largely regarded as the first major Iranian woman novelist. Her books dealt with the lives of ordinary Iranians, especially those of women, and through the lens of recent political and social events in Iran at the time. 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 ("Mourners of Siyâvash", also known as A Persian Requiem, 1966), 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. Being the wife of the famous Iranian writer Jalal al-Ahmad, she had a profound influence on his writing, she wrote the book "the Dawn of Jalal" in memory of her husband. Daneshvar was also a renowned translator, a few of her translations were "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov and "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Her last book is currently lost and was supposed to be the last book of her trilogy which started with "the lost island". Al-Ahmad and Daneshvar never had a child.
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