Ali Ashraf Darvishian

Ali Ashraf Darvishian
Born (1941-08-03)3 August 1941
Kermanshah, Iran
Died 26 October 2017(2017-10-26) (aged 76)
Tehran, Iran
Pen name Latif Talkhestani
Occupation Writer
Genre Novel, short story, biography, etc
Literary movement Modernism, Realism, Socialism
Notable works
  • Sal-ha-ye Abri (Cloudy Years)
  • Abshouran
  • Az In Welayat (From This Country)
  • Hamrah-e Ahang-ha-ye Babam (With My Father's Songs)
  • Afsane-ha va Matal-ha-ye Kurdi (Kurdish Legends and Fictions)
Notable awards
  • Gelawej Cultural Festival
    2013
Spouse Shahnaz Darabian

Ali Ashraf Darvishian (Persian: علی‌اشرف درویشیان‎‎; 25 August 1941 – 26 October 2017) was an Iranian story writer and scholar. After finishing teacher-training college, he taught at the poverty-stricken villages of Gilan-e-Gharb and Shah Abad (nowadays called Islam Abad). This atmosphere is featured in most of his stories. Later, he moved to Tehran and continued his studies in Persian literature. As of 2006, Ali Ashraf Darvishian was in Australia as a guest of the Iranian Centre for Democracy and presented a number of lectures on a broad range of social and cultural issues.

Ali-Ashraf Darvishian

Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian-French author, mentions Darvishian in her graphic novel Persepolis. She considers him her favorite childhood author, recalls going to his clandestine book-signing, and describes him as "a kind of local Charles Dickens".[1] He died at a hospital in Tehran, on 26 October 2017.[2]

Books

  • Abshooran (Story collection)
  • Salhay-e-Abri (Cloudy Years), novel
  • Farhang-e-Afsanehay-e Irani (Iranian Legends and Fairy Tales Encyclopedia)

References

  1. ↑ Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete Persepolis. Pantheon Books. 30 October 2007. 33. ISBN 0-375-71483-9, ISBN 978-0-375-71483-2
  2. ↑ "علی‌اشرف درویشیان درگذشت". BBC Persian. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
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