Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
Primary Phone: +447445783237
ABOUT
Vahid Dāvar is a published Iranian poet and PhD candidate in Persian Studies at the University of St.Andrews. ‘Sefr-e Safar’ (The Book of Journeys), Vahid Dāvar’s debut poetry collec$on, was highly commendedby the 2019 Ahmad Shamlou Prize, the most prestigious Persian poetry prize. His second book, ‘Ahd-e Nassim’(Nassim’s Testament) has also been admired by several Iranian poets and literary critics including the late Esmail Khoi. ‘Something the Colour of Pines on Fire’, a pamphlet of his self-translated poems is due to bepublished soon by Matecznik Press.
Discipline
Literature
Sub Areas
Christian Studies
Classical
Comparative
Hebrew
History Of Religion
Iranian Studies
Medieval
Middle East/Near East Studies
Persian
Translation
Geographic Areas of Interest
Afghanistan
All Middle East
Europe
India
Iran
Iraq
Specialties
Comparative Mythology
Epic
Religious Literature
Languages
Persian (native)
English (fluent)
French (elementary)
Arabic (intermediate)
Education
MRes
| 2019
| English
| University of Liverpool
BA
| 2007
| English
| Payam-e Noor University
Abstracts
Bizhan Elahi or Maryam Heydarzadeh: On Collective Hypocrisy
