EDUCATION
• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Aug 2015 – Oct 2017.University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.
• Master of Arts in English Literature, Jan 2008 – Oct 2011.
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature, Sep 2003 – Jun 2007.
Yazd State University, Yazd, Iran
PAINTING EXHIBITIONS
• Jokingly, It Gets Serious, Group Painting Exhibition, Saless Gallery, Tehran Oct 20257.• Shortcut to Stories, Solo Painting Exhibition, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Oct 20257.
• Negare Negar, Group Painting Exhibition, Negar Art Gallery, Tehran , Sep 20257.
• Parallel Universe, Group Painting Exhibition, 8Cube Gallery, Tehran, May 20257.
• Rostam’s Chamber, Group Painting Exhibition, Saless Gallery, Tehran. Feb 2025
TRANSLATIONS
My translations have appeared in various international journals and magazines including the Academy of American Poets, World Literature Today, Asymptote Journal, Jacket2, Y’alla, Rattle, Parsagon, QWERTY Magazine, Konch and The Markaz Review. The following is a list of books I have translated.• Mohsin Hamid, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia: Novel, Saless 2026 (forthcoming).
• Ge Fei, The Invisibility Cloak, Cheshmeh 2026 (forthcoming).
• Stephen M. Hart, Gabriel García Márquez, Vazne Donya 2025.
• Rodrigo Garcia, A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes, Saless 2024.
• Hafiz-e-Shirazi, Hafiz’s Little Book of Life, Co-translated with Gary Gach, Sep 2023.
• Jeanette Winterson, The Passion. Tehran, Borj, 2020..
• Barnes, Julian. Flaubert’s Parrot. Tehran, Cheshmeh, 2019..
• Bell-Villada, Gene. García Márquez: The Man and His Work. Tehran: Hirmand, 2017. Page | 2 • Van Booy, Simon. The Illusions of Separateness. Tehran: Hirmand, 2015.
• Van Booy, Simon. Love Begins in Winter. Tehran: Hirmand, 2014.
• Ghasemi, Reza. The Spell Chanted by Lambs. London: Candle and Fog, 2013.
CREATIVE WORKS
• Tarragon (Short Story), The Markaz Review, 2026.• Joghdi Ke Ziad Deghat Mikard (Children’s Book), Porteghal Publishing, 2020.
• The Owl Who Knew Too Much (Children’s book), Augusta: Storybook Genious, 2019.
• Divar-e-Naghashi, (Children’s book), Koudakan Publishing, 2018.
• The Owl Who Knew Too Much (Children’s book), Moscow: Booktouch, 2017.
• My Notebook is not Big Enough (Children’s book), Shanghai: Tian’an, 2015.
• “Colonel Alzheimer.” Hamshahri 12 (2012): 29-36.
AUTHOR INTERVIEWS
• “An Interview with Simon Van Booy.” Hamshahri 51 (2017): 83-88.• “Echoes of Fiction, Days of Malaysia: An Interview with Chuah Guat Eng.” Monorail 17 (2010): 121-29.
SELECTED MAGAZINE ARTICLES
• “G. Márquez and Fulfilling Iranians’ Desire for Anti-Imperialism, Ebtekar Newspaper 2799, 6 Sep 2017.• “Condemning Clichés: Flaubert’s Dictionary of Received Ideas.” Khabgard, Sep 2017.
• “Ruyin Pakbaz: A Short Biography.” Parsagon Review, Sep 2016.
• “Bijan Najdi: A Short Biography.” Parsagon Review, Feb 2015.
• “Polish Shi’ite Showbiz.” Bukhara 97 (2014): 213-21.
• “The Autumn of Mr. Carpenter.” Hamshahri 15 (2012): 170-175
SEMINARS
• “García Márquez’s Legacy in American Literature: Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Paul Theroux’s The Mosquito Coast.” Thesis defense, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Aug 2011.• “Iranian Short Story: Child of Translation Movement in Early Twentieth-century Iran.” Found in Translation Seminar, University of Malaya and French Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24 Jul 2010.
• “García Márquez: Dwelling on the Boarder.” Transformation in Literature and Language Symposium, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 11 Nov. 2009
SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
• Graduate Merit Award, University of New Brunswick, Canada 2017.• Winner of The David Walker Prize in Creative Writing, Canada 2017.
• Shortlisted for The Tirgan Short Story Award, Toronto, 2015.
• Shortlisted for The Sadeq Hedayat Short Story Award 2015.
• The School of Tehran Short Stories Award, 2013.
• Hamshahri Second Prize, The Most Popular Stories of the Year (Readers’ choice), 2012.
• IPPP Research Grant, University of Malaya (worth of 6,500.00 RM), 2010
MEMBERSHIP
• CATS - Canadian Association for Translation Studies 2017- present.• MACLALS: Malaysian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language 2007- Present.
• Jury Member, 1st International Literary Translation Award, Tehran, Iran, Jan 2019
