Modern Persian Literature Series

Publications: Modern Persian Literature Series

This series is dedicated to translations of contemporary (20th Century) Persian writing. Ten volumes have been published in this series thus far.

Modern Persian Literature Series:

  • A. Karimi-Hakkak, tr. An Anthology of Modern Persian Poetry, Modern Persian Literature Series 1, Delmar, NY: Caravan Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1978.
  • Hedayat, Sadeq. Sadeq Hedayat: An Anthology, ed. E. Yarshater, Modern Persian Literature Series 2, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1979.
  • Chubak, Sadeq. Sadeq Chubak: An Anthology, intro. and ed. F. R. C. Bagley, Modern Persian Literature Series 3, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, 1982.
  • Al-e Ahmad, Jalal. Plagued by the West, tr. P. Sprachman, Modern Persian Literature Series 4, Delmar, NY: Caravan Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1981.
  • Farrokhzad, Forough. Bride of Acacias: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad, tr. J. Kessler and A. Banani, Modern Persian Literature Series 5, Delmar, NY: Caravan Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1982.
  • Jamalzadeh, Mohammad Ali. Once Upon A Time, tr. H. Moayyad, and P. Sprachman, Modern Persian Literature Series 6, New York: Bibliotheca Persica, 1985.
  • Sholevar, Bahman. The Night’s Journey and The Coming of the Messiah, tr. by the author, Modern Persian Literature Series 7, Philadelphia: Concourse Press, 1984.
  • Beyza’i, Bahram, Gowhar-e Morad [Gh. H. Sa’edi], and Abbas Na’lbandian. Modern Persian Drama: An Anthology, tr. by G. Kapuscinsky, Modern Persian Literature Series 8, Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America and Bibliotheca Persica, 1987.
  • Alavi, Bozorg. Her Eyes, tr. J. O’Kane, Modern Persian Literature Series 9, Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America and Bibliotheca Persica, 1989.
  • Sadeqi, BahramMalakut and Other Stories, tr. Kaveh Basmenji, Modern Persian Literature Series 10, Bethesda, Maryland: Ibex Publishers, 2012.

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