Simin daneshvar biography channel

Simin Daneshvar, born the 28 Aprile 1921 a Shiraz, was a noted writer and translator and the first Iranian woman to write novels in a non-amateurish way in Persian. She was also a member and first head of the Iranian Writers Institute.

Simin completed his elementary and high school studies in the English school "Mehr Āin" and later began the University of Tehrān to study Persian language and literature, obtaining a doctorate with a thesis on aesthetics.

To continue his studies in this field he went to the University of Stansford in America and in this period he wrote two short stories in English that were published in the United States.

When he returned to Iran, he was a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts and at the University of Tehrān.

After the death of his father, Simin Dāneshvar began to write articles for "Radio Tehrān" and for the newspaper "Irān" with the artistic name "Shirāzi without name".

Of her, which is always remembered as a pioneer and an author