Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian author of Women Without Men, dies at 80
The revered writer and political exile’s publisher says her ‘legacy in literary history can’t be compared to anyone else’s’ Shahrnush Parsipur, the celebrated Iranian writer
The revered writer and political exile’s publisher says her ‘legacy in literary history can’t be compared to anyone else’s’ Shahrnush Parsipur, the celebrated Iranian writer whose subversive works of feminist fiction saw her repeatedly imprisoned, has died aged 80.
The second woman to ever publish a book in Iran, Parsipur excoriated the country’s patriarchal culture in novels including Women Without Men and Touba and the Meaning of Night.
She was imprisoned four times, under the Shah and then the Islamic Republic. Continue reading...
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