Siavash Saadlou

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Author's Bio

Siavash Saadlou is a writer and literary translator whose short stories and essays have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. His poems have been anthologized in Odes to Our Undoing: Writers Reflecting on Crisis (Risk Press) and Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora (Green Linden Press). His translations of Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou have earned him the 55th Cole Swensen Prize for Translation and an honorable mention in the inaugural Stephen Mitchell Prize for Best Poetry in Translation. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Saint Mary's College of California.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Asymptote, essays by Aida Moradi Ahani, translated from the Persian
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Asymptote, a poem by Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, translated from the Persian
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Asymptote, a poem by Rasool Yoonan, translated from the Persian
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Epiphany, a poem by Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, translated from the Persian
;
Los Angeles Review, a poem by Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, translated from the Persian
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Mayday Magazine, a story by Sara Saadlou, translated from the Persian
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Mayday Magazine, a story by Aida Moradi Ahani, translated from the Persian
;
Scoundrel Time, a story by Aida Moradi Ahani, translated from the Persian
;
Two Lines, a poem by Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, translated from the Persian
Prizes won: 

2023 Constance Rooke Nonfiction Prize
The 55th Cole Swensen Prize for Translation

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Iranian
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English, Persian
Born in: 
Tehran
Iran
Raised in: 
Tehran
Iran
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Last update: Sep 25, 2023