Karim Emami
Karim Emami (Persian: کریم امامی) (26 May 1930, Calcutta, India – 9 July 2005, Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian translator, editor, lexicographer, and literary critic….. more
Karim Emami (1930–2005) was a highly regarded translator and editor. Generally considered to be one of the most important translators of contemporary Iranian poetry into English, he was also famous for his translations from English to Persian, with credits such as The Great Gatsby. Born in Calcutta, he grew up in the southern city of Shiraz in Iran….. more
The present volume is a collection of articles by the noted critic and translator, Karim Emami, on art, cinema, theatre, and literature in Iran in the dynamic 1960s, when culture and society were in the throes of transformation. Emami’s insightful and informed commentaries on the literary and artistic products of the era are appreciated for their aesthetic refinement, good judgment, and evenhandedness. They have earned him prominence as an avant-garde critic, and played a significant role in the development of modern criticism in Iran….. more