Houshang golshiri biography of william

Iranian writer (–)

Houshang Golshiri (Persian: هوشنگ گلشیری; March 16, ^[1] &#; June 5, ) was an Iranian fiction writer, critic and editor.

He was one of the first Iranian writers to use modern literary techniques, and is recognized as one of the most influential writers of Persian prose of the 20th century.^[2]

Biography

Early life

Golshiri was born in Isfahan on March 16, ,^[3] and raised in Abadan.

Houshang golshiri biography of william

He came from a large family of modest circumstances. From to , Golshiri lived in Isfahan, where he completed a bachelor's degree in Persian at the University of Isfahan and taught elementary and high school there and in surrounding towns.

Writing career

Golshiri began writing fiction in the late s. His publication of short stories in Payam-e Novin and elsewhere in the early s, his establishment of Jong-e Isfahan (/73),^[4] the chief literary journal of the day published outside of Tehran, and his participatio