Born in Tehran in 1953, Fereshteh Molavi lived and worked there until 1998 when she immigrated to Canada. She worked and taught at Yale University, University of Toronto, York University, and Seneca College. A fellow at Massey College and a writer-in-residence at George Brown College, Molavi has published many works of fiction and non-fiction in Persian in Iran and Europe. She has been the recipient of awards for novel and translation. Her first book in English, Stories from Tehran, was released in 2018; and her most recent novel, Thirty Shadow Birds, has been published by Inanna Publications in 2019. She lives in Toronto.
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SELEECTED PUBLICATIONS (in English)
Books:
Thirty Shadow Birds. Toronto: Inanna Publications, 2019.
Stories from Tehran. Kindle Edition, 2018.
Chapbook:
Listen to the Reed: A dialogue between Karen Connelly & Fereshteh Molavi…Toronto: PEN Canada, 2005.
Anthologies & Journals:
“A Clumsy Little Story” in Goats Milk Magazine (online), Oct. 2021
“Phantom Limb” [short story] in Banthology: Stories from Unwanted Nations (Comma Press, 2018)
“Literary Self-Disclosure and Forugh Farrokhzad” [essay] in Maple Tree Literary Supplement (online), issue #22, 2017
“You Got Confused, Baby” [short story] in Maple Tree Literary Supplement (online), issue #21, 2016
“Waxina” [short story] in The Third Script: Stories from Iran, Tasmania & the UK (Transportation Press, 2016)
“Dogs and Humans” [short story] in The Shipwrecked: Contemporary Stories by Women from Iran (The Feminist Press, 2014)
“The Ravine” [short story] in Maple Tree Literary Supplement (online), issue #4, 2009
“The Broken Gate” [short story] in The Warwick Review, vol. 1, no. 3, 2007
“Correspondence” [short story] in TOK, book 2, 2007
“Writing Reading” [essay] in Arabesques Review, vol. 03, issue 03, 2007
“An absurd Report” [short story] in idea&s (the art & science review, UofT), vol. 3, no. 2, 2006
“Main Issues in Cataloging Persian Language Materials in North America” in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, vol.43, no.2, 2006
“Midnight Drum” [short story] in Afsaneh: Short Stories by Iranian Women (Saqi Books, 2005)
“English Has Raped Me” [essay] in Speaking in Tongues (The Banff Centre Press, 2005)
Interviews
Open Book. The Entitled Interview, with Fereshteh Molavi. 2019