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Lili Golestan

b. 1944

Iranian translator and gallerist

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About Lili Golestan

Born 1944. Lili Golestan is an Iranian linguist, translator, writer, exhibition curator, gallerist and author.

Lili Golestan Taghavi Shirazi (; born 14 July 1944 in Tehran) is an Iranian translator, and owner and artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran. She is the daughter of the filmmaker and writer Ebrahim Golestan and Fakhri Golestan, the sister of the late photojournalist Kaveh Golestan and the mother of filmmaker Mani Haghighi. She spent a number of her formative years in Abadan, where her father worked as a filmmaker.

Translations How Babies are Made, Andrew Andry

The Strange Story of Spermato… Story Number 3, Eugène Ionesco Mira, Christopher Frank Tistou of the Green Thumbs, Maurice Druon Two Plays from Ancient China Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Man Who Had Everything, Everything, Everything, Miguel Angel Asturias The Fragrance of Guava, Gabriel Garcia Marquez Hellenism, Yiannis Ritsos Citizen Pigeon, Romain Gary Stories and Myths, Leonardo da Vinci Ondine, Jean Giraudoux If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, Italo Calvino The Story of My Condition Now, a long interview with Ahmad Mahmoud Six Memos for the Next Millennium, Italo Calvino A two volume book about Ali Hatami and his works Interview with Marcel Duchamp Pierre Cabanne About Colours, Wittgenstein Life with Picasso, Françoise Gilot Picasso, David Hockney Mark Rothko, Sean Scully Van Gogh, Gauguin Marcel Duchamp speaks about Readymades

Author Majmooaye Honarhaye Tajasomi Moaser

Titles Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques

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Lili Golestan Taghavi Shirazi, Leyli Golestan

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Who is Lili Golestan?

Iranian translator and gallerist

When was Lili Golestan born?

Lili Golestan was born on 14 July 1944 in Tehran.

What is Lili Golestan's occupation?

Lili Golestan is a linguist, translator, writer, exhibition curator, gallerist and author.

What nationality is Lili Golestan?

Lili Golestan is Iranian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Lili Golestan

· Wikidata: Q6547616

· DBpedia: Lili Golestan

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