Houshang Golshiri (Persian: هوشنگ گلشیری ; March 16, 1938 – June 5, 2000) was an Iranian fiction writer, critic and editor. He was one of the first Iranian writers to use modern literary techniques, and is recognized as one of the most influential writers of Persian prose of the 20th century. Golshiri was born in Isfahan in 1938 and raised in Abadan. He came from a large family of modest circumstances. From 1955 to 1974, Golshiri lived in Isfahan, where he completed a bachelor's degree in Persian at the University of Isfahan and taught elementary and high school there and in su… read more
Houshang Golshiri (Persian: هوشنگ گلشیری ; March 16, 1938 – June 5, 2000) was an Iranian fiction writer, critic and editor. He was one of the first Iranian writers to use modern literary techniques, and is recognized as one of the most influential writers of Persian prose of the 20th century.… read more
Houshang Golshiri (Persian: هوشنگ گلشیری ; March 16, 1938 – June 5, 2000) was an Iranian fiction writer, critic and editor. He was one of the first Iranian writers to use modern literary techniques, and is recognized as one of the most influential writers of Persian prose of the 20th century. Golshiri was born in Isfahan in 1938 and raised in Abadan. He came from… read more