Simin Daneshvar
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Simin Daneshvar was a pioneering Iranian novelist, short story writer, and translator, widely regarded as the first major female novelist in modern Persian literature.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iranian novelist
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person ⓘ short story writer ⓘ translator ⓘ woman writer ⓘ |
| birthName | Simin Daneshvar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-04-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-03-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Radcliffe College
NERFINISHED
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University of Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Daneshvar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Persian literature
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fiction ⓘ literary translation ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
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realist fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| givenName | Simin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of Iranian women writers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Persian ⓘ |
| movement | modern Persian literature ⓘ |
| name | Simin Daneshvar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first major female novelist in modern Persian literature ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Isfahan Is Half the World
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Savushun NERFINISHED ⓘ Savushun: A Novel about the Persian Resistance to the British Occupation NERFINISHED ⓘ The Quenched Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ To Whom Shall I Say Hello? NERFINISHED ⓘ Wandering Cameleer NERFINISHED ⓘ Wandering Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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short story writer ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Fars Province
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Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiraz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Iran
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Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of art history ⓘ |
| residence |
Shiraz
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Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Jalal Al-e Ahmad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workTranslated |
other Western literary works
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works of Anton Chekhov ⓘ works of William Faulkner ⓘ |
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