Reza Farokhfal

Reza Farokhfal began his literary career by publishing short stories in Jung-e Esfahan (edited by the late Hooshang Golshiri and his friends) in the late 1960s. Since then, he has published numerous stories and essays in Iranian literary journals and periodicals. His recently published works include the book Hafez and Irony (Asemana Books) and the short story collection Feast in Another Place. Reza Farokhfal has also collaborated as an editor with reputable publishing houses and, alongside the late Karim Emami, was one of the founders of the first Editors’ Association in Iran. He is a graduate of Pahlavi University (Shiraz) and Concordia University (Montreal). In recent years, he has taught the Persian language at McGill University (Montreal), the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the U.S., and Colorado State University in Boulder. He has authored two university-level Persian language textbooks titled Persian: Here and Now, which are taught at several prestigious universities in the United States.