Persian Poetry in Diaspora
Panel Discussion & Poetry Reading
Sunday, April 12, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
121 Dodd Hall
UCLA
Poets Include:
Mansour Khaksar, poet and author of more than 20 books and numerous articles on literary and social issues. His writings have appeared in different publications in Persian and English.
Sholeh Wolpé, poet and author of 4 books in English and editor of two Anthologies. Her work appeared in scores of publications worldwide.
Abbas Saffari, award winning poet, translator and editor has published seven books inside and outside Iran.
Sheida Mohamadi, author, poet and journalist has published three books. Her work has appeared on different magazines inside and outside Iran.
Majid Naficy, PhD, Poet, writer and literary critic, has published 12 books. His works appear in numerous publications in Farsi and English.
Partow Nooriala, poet, award winning literary critic, and author of nine books. Her works appeared on various literary magazines
Cost: Free
For more information please contact
Amy Bruinooge, Center for Near Eastern Studies
Tel: (310) 825-1181
abruin@international.ucla.edu
http://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes
Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies
