Homa Sayar
Homa Sayar (born 1947, in Tehran) is an Iranian poet and writer who has lived in Paris since 1975. She studied Psychology in the Université Sorbonne – Nouvelle and her PhD thesis on Avant-garde poetry in Persian literature at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales. She has written several poetry books in Persian and has also translated the famous Shahnameh (the Epic of Kings) into French.
Homa Sayar

Persian Dutch Network · Original Persian Title: "Ruzi keh Khorshid beh Darya Raft" [The Day the Sun Went to Sea], Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, Tehran, 1974. · Public domain
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- 1947 · Tehran.
- Nationality
- Iran
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- poet · writer
- Education
- University of Paris · Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3
- Languages
- Persian
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Homa Sayar (born 1947, in Tehran) is an Iranian poet and writer who has lived in Paris since 1975. She studied Psychology in the Université Sorbonne – Nouvelle and her PhD thesis on Avant-garde poetry in Persian literature at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales. She has written several poetry books in Persian and has also translated the famous Shahnameh (the Epic of Kings) into French.
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Ms Sayar has also worked as a teacher of Persian and has published a Persian learning method in English, German and French.
Homa Sayar studied at University of Paris and Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3. The recorded working language is Persian.
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- A l'eau, au feu, au vent, à la terre (to water, fire, air and earth). Editions l'Harmattan, 1997 .
- 24 traditional Persian poems translated by the author in collaboration with Valérie.
- Contes de la mythologie persane (Tales from Persian mythology). Editions l'Harmattan, May 2000.
- Pour se perfectionner en persan (Improving your Persian) Editions l'Harmattan, September 2004.
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