List of Iranian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Iran or whose writings are closely associated with that country. == A == Masoumeh Abad (born 1962), activist, politician, and non-fiction author Janet Afary (born 1960), feminist, historian, non-fiction writer Mahnaz Afkhami (born 1941), feminist, non-fiction writer, now in the United States Pegah Ahmadi (born 1974), poet, critic, translator Mahshid Amirshahi (born 1937), novelist, short story writer, critic, journalist, translator Jaleh Amouzgar (born 1939), linguist, anthropologist, academic Akram Monfared Arya (born 1946), pilot, poet, short story writer, artist, now living in Sweden, writes in Persian, Swedish and English Lady Amin (1886–1983), mystic, author of works on Islamic sciences Mahshid Amirshahi (born 1937), novelist, short story writer, critic, journalist, translator Noushafarin Ansari (born 1939), librarian, educator, journalist Mastoureh Ardalan (1805–1848), Kurdish poet, philosopher, historian Fakhr-Ozma Arghun (1898–1966), poet, teacher, journalist, feminist Mina Assadi (born 1943), poet, journalist, living in Sweden Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi (c.1858–1921), feminist, literary historian Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1949–1996), writer, poet == B == Rakhshan Bani-E'temad (born 1954), film director, screenwriter Najmieh Batmanglij (born 1957), Iranian-American cookbook writer Simin Behbahani (1927–2014), acclaimed poet Niloofar Beyzaie (born 1967), playwright, theatre director, living in German Taraneh Boroumand playwright, writer, poet, translator Mona Borzouei, (born 1984), poet and songwriter == D == Simin Daneshvar (1921–2012), acclaimed early female novelist, short story writer, translator, educator Soraya Darabi (born 1955), journalist, trade union activist Sahar Delijani (born 1983), widely translated novelist, author of Children of the Jacaranda Tree, living between the United States and Italy Sediqeh Dowlatabadi (1882–1961), feminist, journalist Firoozeh Dumas (born 1965), Iranian-American memoirist, humorous writer, author of Funny in Farsi == E == Shirin Ebadi (born 1947), Nobel peace prize winner, human rights activist, non-fiction writer Amanda Enayati (born 1967), columnist, communication strategist Camelia Entekhabifard (born 1973), poet, journalist, and memoirist, living in the United States Parvin E'tesami (1907–1941), acclaimed classical poet, essayist Mansoureh Ettehadieh (graduated 1956), historian, educator, non-fiction writer, novelist Tahereh Eybod (born 1963), author, researcher, instructor, critic, and journalist.

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List of Iranian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Iran or whose writings are closely associated with that country. == A == Masoumeh Abad (born 1962), activist, politician, and non-fiction author Janet Afary (born 1960), feminist, historian, non-fiction writer Mahnaz Afkhami (born 1941), feminist, non-fiction writer, now in the United States Pegah Ahmadi (born 1974), poet, critic, translator Mahshid Amirshahi (born 1937), novelist, short story writer, critic, journalist, translator Jaleh Amouzgar (born 1939), linguist, anthropologist, academic Akram Monfared Arya (born 1946), pilot, poet, short story writer, artist, now living in Sweden, writes in Persian, Swedish and English Lady Amin (1886–1983), mystic, author of works on Islamic sciences Mahshid Amirshahi (born 1937), novelist, short story writer, critic, journalist, translator Noushafarin Ansari (born 1939), librarian, educator, journalist Mastoureh Ardalan (1805–1848), Kurdish poet, philosopher, historian Fakhr-Ozma Arghun (1898–1966), poet, teacher, journalist, feminist Mina Assadi (born 1943), poet, journalist, living in Sweden Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi (c.1858–1921), feminist, literary historian Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1949–1996), writer, poet == B == Rakhshan Bani-E'temad (born 1954), film director, screenwriter Najmieh Batmanglij (born 1957), Iranian-American cookbook writer Simin Behbahani (1927–2014), acclaimed poet Niloofar Beyzaie (born 1967), playwright, theatre director, living in German Taraneh Boroumand playwright, writer, poet, translator Mona Borzouei, (born 1984), poet and songwriter == D == Simin Daneshvar (1921–2012), acclaimed early female novelist, short story writer, translator, educator Soraya Darabi (born 1955), journalist, trade union activist Sahar Delijani (born 1983), widely translated novelist, author of Children of the Jacaranda Tree, living between the United States and Italy Sediqeh Dowlatabadi (1882–1961), feminist, journalist Firoozeh Dumas (born 1965), Iranian-American memoirist, humorous writer, author of Funny in Farsi == E == Shirin Ebadi (born 1947), Nobel peace prize winner, human rights activist, non-fiction writer Amanda Enayati (born 1967), columnist, communication strategist Camelia Entekhabifard (born 1973), poet, journalist, and memoirist, living in the United States Parvin E'tesami (1907–1941), acclaimed classical poet, essayist Mansoureh Ettehadieh (graduated 1956), historian, educator, non-fiction writer, novelist Tahereh Eybod (born 1963), author, researcher, instructor, critic, and journalist.

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