Iran Namag: A Bilingual Quarterly of Iranian Studies Volume 7, Number 2, Summer 2024 Editor-in-Chief: Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi Iradj Pezeshkzad Commemorative Issue Guest Editors: Mostafa Abedinifard & Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi English Verso Introduction to the Special Issue Mostafa Abedinifard & Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi Iraj Pezeshkzad’s “Prosecuting an Author”: A Translation and Short Commentary Alireza Korangy […]
The Editors’ Introduction to the Special Issue Mostafa Abedinifard Assistant Professor of Modern Persian Literature and Culture, UBC Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi Instructional Professor of Persian, University of Chicago I. Iraj Pezeshkzad’s Revolutions: The Humourist’s Serious Legacy Mostafa Abedinifard[1] A highly prolific author and by far the most renowned Iranian satirist of the past several decades, Iraj […]
“Prosecuting an Author,” A Short Story of Iraj Pezeshkzad: A Translation and Short Commentary Alireza Korangy Before venturing into a brief hermeneutical query as to the thematic parameters of “Prosecuting an Author,” and then its translation, it is perhaps prudent to first address Pezeshkzad as an author as means of a segue into his work—and […]
Da’i Jan Napelon as a Comic Masterpiece Dick Davis I have written elsewhere[1] about the pleasures and difficulties of translating Iraj Pezeshkzad’s Da’i Jan Napelon, so here I shall confine myself to more general reflections about the novel and its possible relationships with other literary works, together with a word or two about my virtually […]
Iraj Pezeshkzad as a Social Critic: A Look at the Satirical Aspects of My Uncle Napoleon and Āsimūn Rīsmūn M. R. Ghanoonparvar Arguably the most sophisticated Persian satirist of the 20th century, Iraj Pezeshkzad (1928-2022) occupies a unique position among modernist Persian writers for his talent as a literary artist and a humorist social critic.[1] […]
Iraj Pezeshkzad and His Hafez: A Note on Hafez in Love Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi Instructional Professor of Persian, University of Chicago Patricia J. Higgins University Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, SUNY Plattsburgh Iraj Pezeshkzad is well known as a writer not only in Iran but also in the West, largely because of his satirical novel, Da’i Jan […]
