Sheida Mohammadi

Sheida Mohamadi, poet, fiction writer and journalist, was born in Tehran, Iran. She was the first Poet in Residence at the Jordan Center for Persian Studies at the University of California, Irvine for the 2015-2017 academic year. She was a Poet in Residence at the University of Maryland in 2010. Mohammadi has been a member of Pen Center USA since 2010.

She published six books and one audio CD. Her first book, a work of lyrical prose titled “The Moonlight Opened its Heart, Lady!”, came out in 2001 and her second, a novel titled “The Legend of Baba Leila” was published in 2005. Her third book, “The Snapshot of Lovemaking” is a collection of poems published in 2007. Mohammadi’s next collection of poems, “Crimson Whispers” was published in 2015. “I Blink and You Turn Peacock” was published in Jordan Center for Persian Studies at University of Irvine California spring 2016. “Hug Me Against the Haze” which is a collection of her poems translated into English was published in Jordan Center for Persian Studies at University of Irvine California 2017. In her newly published audio CD, she recites fifty of her poems from her book “I Blink and You are a Peacock” along with the music of cellist, Homayoun Khosravi.

Her poems have been translated into different languages, including English, French, Arabic, Czech, German, Turkish, Kurdish and Swedish. She also edited and wrote for the women’s page (Safheh-ye Zanan) of Iran newspaper in 2002-2003 and at Farhangestan-e Honar Monthly Review in 2003, both in Tehran, Iran.