Fereshteh Molavi

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About Fereshteh Molavi

 

Immigrated to Canada in 1998, Fereshteh Molavi is an Iranian native writer who has worked as a bibliographer and scholar, as well as a freelance editor and translator. While still living in Iran, she published articles and books, among them, a novel, The House of Cloud and Wind (1991), and a collection of short stories, The Sun Fairy (1991). Listen to the Reed, a chapbook published by PEN Canada in 2005, is based on her dialogue with Karen Connelly, the award winner Canadian writer. Molavi has been included in anthologies, among them, Afsaneh: Short Stories by Iranian Women (London: Saqi, 2005) and Speaking in Tongues: PEN Canada Writers in Exile (The Banff Centre Press, 2005). Her stories and essays have been published in various Persian and English magazines and anthologies. She has had readings in Sweden, US, and Canada. Her latest collection of short stories in Persian, The Wandering Nightingale, was released in Tehran in 2005.

 

Molavi is a member of PEN Canada.