Happy 86th!

We met once in his hotel room ahead of an upcoming reading.
Those two hours were to prove unforgettable for me.
Happy birthday, Mr Doulatabadi! 

Mahmoud Doulatabadi * 1 August 1940

Kelidar

Beers & Books CXIII – Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

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Mahmoud Dowlatabadi * 1 August 1940

Publishers, go on sleeping

He got tortured in the prisons of the Shah; he got tortured in the prisons of the pious Ayatollahs. He's one of the greatest living Iranian authors.

Read what wikepedia has to tell about Mahmud Doulatabadi.

After all, some of his best works have been translated into German.

And where are, f.e. the English publishers/ translators?

Sleeping?

Ah, yes. The biography f.e. of a lady-star who proudly claims she's never read a book promises to sell better, hm?