Mehdi Sahabi
Mehdi Sahabi | |
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Died | November 9, 2009 (aged 66) Paris, France |
Occupation | translator, painter, and author |
Language | Persian |
Nationality | Iranian |
Mehdi Sahabi ( 4 February 1944 in Qasvin (Iran) – November 9, 2009 in Paris (France) ) was an Iranian
translator, painter, and writer. Born in the provincial Iranian capitol of Qazvin in 1944, Sahabi translated novels originally in English, French, and Italian into Persian.[1] He left his studies at the Fine Arts Faculty of the University of Tehran and Rome University of Fine Arts unfinished.[1]
His translation of
All Men are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir, Stendhal's The Red and the Black, The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino and Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Death on Credit.[1]
Sahabi was awarded
References
- ^ a b c d e "Iranian translator Mehdi Sahabi dies at 66". Tehran Times Culture Desk. Tehran Times. November 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-11.