Jewish and Israeli authors are favorites for literature-loving Tehran women
Academic Yuval Noah Harari, poet Osip Mandelstam and Anne Frank s diary, all translated into Persian, can also be found on display tables of bookshops in the Iranian capital; Mary Trump s tell-all on her uncle Donald has also hit the shelves
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Published: 12.24.20 , 19:00
French authors Albert Camus and Simone de Beauvoir rub shoulders with the likes of Jewish diarist Anne Frank and Russian poet Osip Mandelstam in Tehran bookstores where the largely female readership lap up foreign writers. Iranian women read more, translate more and write more. In general, they are more present in the book market than men, said Nargez Mossavat, editorial director of Sales publishers.
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Employee Mahnaz Zabi poses with a bestselling book of the Nashre-Cheshmeh Publishing House in Iran s capital Tehran. Photo: AFP
French authors Albert Camus and Simone de Beauvoir rub shoulders with the likes of Jewish diarist Anne Frank and Russian poet Osip Mandelstam in Tehran bookstores where the largely female readership lap up foreign writers. Iranian women read more, translate more and write more. In general, they are more present in the book market than men, said Nargez Mossavat, editorial director of Sales publishers. Books are a necessity for me, it s the only refuge, which sometimes makes me angry, said the 36-year-old author, without dwelling on the limitations to cultural life in the Islamic republic of Iran.