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Najaf Daryabandari
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| Born | 23 August 1929 Abadan, Iran
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| Died | 4 May 2020 (aged 90) Tehran, Iran
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| Occupation | Writer, translator |
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Janet Lazarian
(divorced)Fahimeh Rastkar
(died 2012) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | PEN Literary Award for Translation of Huck Finn |
Najaf Daryabandari (Persian: نجف دریابندری; August 23, 1929 – May 4, 2020) was a famous Iranian writer and translator. He was known for taking books written in English and translating them into the Persian language, making them available for many Iranian readers.
A Life of Words
Najaf Daryabandari was the son of Captain Khalaf Daryabandari. His father was one of the very first marine pilots in Iran. A marine pilot is a special kind of sailor who guides large ships safely into and out of busy ports.
Najaf started his journey into translation when he was quite young, around 17 or 18 years old. One of the first books he translated was "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. This showed his talent for languages and his love for literature from an early age.
Later in his life, Najaf Daryabandari and his wife, Fahimeh Rastkar, also wrote a special cookbook. It was called "The Rt. Honorable Cookbook, from Soup to Nuts." This big two-volume book collected many different and delicious dishes from all over Iran.
His Passing
Najaf Daryabandari passed away on May 4, 2020, in Tehran, Iran. He was 90 years old and had been ill for some time.
Books He Translated
Najaf Daryabandari translated many important and well-known books from English into Persian. Here are some of them:
- A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
- A Rose for Emily and As I Lay Dying (novel) by William Faulkner
- A History of Western Philosophy, Mysticism and Logic, and Power: A New Social Analysis by Bertrand Russell
- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
- Billy Bathgate and Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain
- The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy
- Philosophy of the Enlightenment and The Myth of the State by Ernst Cassirer
- Russian Thinkers by Isaiah Berlin
- Antigone by Sophocles
- The Prophet and The Mad Man by Kahlil Gibran
His Own Books
Besides translating, Najaf Daryabandari also wrote some original books:
- The Rt. Honorable Cookbook, from Soup to Nuts, which he wrote with his wife Fahimeh Rastkar.
- Selflessness Pain: Review of the Concept of Alienation in the Philosophy of the West (1990)
- The Myth Legend (2001)
- In This Respect (2009)
