Short Story Contest 2015 - Jury members

Born in Tehran in 1956, Amir Hassan Cheheltan is the author of 10 novels and 6 short story series. Some of his novels have been translated into English, German, Norwegian, Turkish, Arabic and...

Behnaz Gaskary was born in Gilan. She is an author, critique, researcher and university professor assistant and holds a doctorate degree in Comparative Literature. She has been the recipient of...

Hassan Mirabedini, modern literature critique, was born in 1953. He has authored several articles and books in the field of novel literature such as History of Iranian Novel Literature and the...

Houra Yavari, a graduate of Tehran University and Paris Sorbonne University, is Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University, Consulting Editor on Modern Persian...

Safdar Taghizadeh was born in Abadan in 1932 and holds a Masters degree in English Language and Literature from Tehran University. He studied Administration in England and started translating...