Mehdi Sahabi
Mehdi Sahabi (February 1944 in Qazvin, Iran – November 9, 2009 in Paris, France) was an Iranian intellectual, translator, painter, and writer. Mehdi Sahabi was born in the provincial Iranian capitol of Qazvin in 1944, Sahabi translated novels originally in English, French, and Italian into Persian. He left his studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University and Rome University of Fine Arts unfinished.
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- Name
- Mehdi Sahabi
- Born
- February 1944
- Birthplace
- Qazvin, Iran
- Died
- November 9, 2009 (aged 66)
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- translator, painter, and author
- Nationality
- Iran
- Languages
- Persian
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Mehdi Sahabi (February 1944 in Qazvin, Iran – November 9, 2009 in Paris, France) was an Iranian intellectual, translator, painter, and writer. Mehdi Sahabi was born in the provincial Iranian capitol of Qazvin in 1944, Sahabi translated novels originally in English, French, and Italian into Persian. He left his studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University and Rome University of Fine Arts unfinished.
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His translation of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, which he spent 11 years on, is considered his finest. He also translated Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education, Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, All Men are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir, Stendhal's The Red and the Black, The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino and Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Death on Credit. Sahabi was awarded Iran's Book of the Year award, after which no translator won for 18 years. His funeral took place in Tehran.
An iconic photograph from the Iranian revolution in 1979. The story behind it is featured in a book by Amir Hossein Fetanat, who claimed to know the woman and her husband: "Uniformed in denim jeans, baggy jacket, and bob-length hair, Mandana had joined the throngs of students flocking to the armory once they caught news of the victory. A friend recognized her amid the commotion and handed her a ma
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• Name — Mehdi Sahabi • Born — February 1944 • Native Name — مهدی سحابی • Birthplace — Qazvin, Iran • Died — November 9, 2009 (aged 66) • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — translator, painter, and author • Language — Persian
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