literary
works MANAVAZ ALEXANDRIAN
Occupation: Poet and translator
PUBLISHED:
1. Ask Me Not Why I'm Silent. Farsi/English translation of free
verse from
Banafsheh Hejazi, 170 pages, published in 1997 by Gil Publication,
2. Wave of Desire. Bilingual Farsi/English translation of odes
from Vida
Farhoudi, 140 pages, published in 1999 by Vazhe Ara Publication,
3. Rain of Recollection. Farsi/English translation of free verses
from
Farhad Abedini, 142 pages, published 2000 by Darinoush Publ.,
4. The Sound of the New Lyre. Bilingual translation of selected
poems from
contemporary Iranian poets. The book covers translation of from
42 pioneer
contemporary poets, 478, pages. Published in winter 2002 by Ketabsarye
5. Bilingual verse translation of Fariduddin Attar's Conference
of the
Birds.
UNDER PRINT:
1.Translation in verse selected odes from Rumi, Hafiz, selected
quatrains
from Khayyam and Baba Tahir, and other poets.
UNPUBLISHED:
1. Memoirs of Life. Versification of my life in couplets, sextets
and
octaves covering my childhood, education, employment, revolution
and the
war.
2. Hajji Baba Reborn. Versification of the "Adventures of
Hajji Baba of
Isfahan", originally written by James Morier, in couplets,
sextets and
octaves. The book describes various customs and rites of Iranian
people with
interested episodes during Qajar era. It is decorated by excellent
paintings
by Cyrus Baldridge (about 500 pages).
alex@dpimail.net
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