About Fereshteh Molavi
Born in Tehran, Fereshteh Molavi published a novel,
The House of Cloud and Wind, and such works
of fiction as The Persian Garden, The Orange and the
Lime, and The Sunny Fairy and Other Stories.
While in Iran, she translated several fictions and
literary works. A former research librarian and the
Persian bibliographer at Sterling Library, Yale
University, she has published numerous stories and
essays internationally. She appeared in various
anthologies, including Speaking in Tongues and
TOK. Her dialogue with the Canadian writer Karen
Connelly, Listen to the Reed, was published by
PEN Canada. Her recently-published books in Tehran
include a novel, The Departures of Seasons, and a
collection of short stories, of Mutts & Men.
