About Goli Taraqqi
Born 1939. Goli Taraqqi is an Iranian writer, screenwriter, short story writer and philosopher.
Zohreh Taraghi-Moghadam, better known as Goli Taraghi (born 1939) is an Iranian novelist and short story writer.
Life Goli Taraghi's father Lotfollah Taraghi was a member of parliament, publisher and journalist, and her mother was from a widely cultured family. In the 1970s she taught courses in philosophy, mythology and symbolism at Tehran University. won the Contre-Ciel Short Story Prize. Scattered Memories (1994) dealt with the emotional fallout from the Iran-Iraq War.
Works 1969, "I Too am Che Guevera". Language: Persian [Man Ham Che Gevera Hastam] 1973, "Winter Sleep" (i.e. hibernation). Languages: English, Persian [خواب زمستاني] and French ["Sommeil d'hiver"]. Translated by Francine T. Mahak as Winter sleep, Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, 1994. 1990, "Le bus de Shemiran". Languages: French and Persian ["اتوبوس شمیران]. 1992, A Mansion in the Sky: And Other Short Stories. Languages: English and Persian ["خاطره‌هاي پراكنده: مجموعه قصه"]. Translated by Faridoun Farrokh, Austin, Texas: Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas, 2003. 1994, "Scattered Memories". Language: Persian [Khatereh-ha-ye Parakandeh]. 1994, "Iran Nouvelle". Language: French. 1998, "The Pear Tree". Language: Persian with English Subtitles. 2001, "جای دیگر". Language: Persian. 2004, "The Three Maids". Language: French ["Les Trois bonnes"]. 2004, "The Wolf Lady". A short story in a collection. Language: Persian ["مادام گرگه"]. 2004, "Critical Study of Goli Taraghi’s Works". Language: English and Persian ["بررسی و نقد آثار گلی ترقی"]. 2007, "30 Years of Solitude". Language: English. 2007, "Getting Past the Censors", retrieved 2019-12-08. Radio Interview. Language: English. 2007, "Iran is my Demolished Homeland". Language: English. Interview. 2008, "Stories by Satyajit Ray and Iranian Writer Goli Taraghi, Presented by Theatre Nisha". Language: English. Play. 2009, "In Search of the Self". Language: French ["Chroniqueuse de la Quête de Soi"]. Interview. 2010, "Between Two Worlds: Goli Taraghi Accepts the Bita Prize". The Boston Review: Interview/Lecture. Language: English. 2010, "The Gentleman Thief". Short story review. Language: English. 2011, "Time and Space in the House of Shemiran". Language: French ["Nostalgie, Temps et Espace Dans La Maison de Shemiran"]. 2012, "The Grand Lady of My Soul". Short story. Language: English. 2011, "The House Of Shemiran". Languages: French ["La Maison de Shemiran"] and Persian ("خانه شمیران"). 2013, "Looking at the works of Goli Taraghi". Language: French ["Regard sur l’œuvre de Goli Taraghi"]. Review of Literature. 2013, "Postmodern Influence in Contemporary Persian Literature]". Article - Theory and Practice in Language Studies. Language: English. "The Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies and The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies". Stanford: Persian Course Description. iTunes. Language: English and Persian. "The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons". Language: English. Short story. "The Neighbor". Language: English. Short story.
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Goli Taraqqi was born on 10 October 1939 in Tehran.
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