December 21, 2004

The late Houshang Golshiri, one if Iran's leading contemporarey writers, poses in his Tehran home, Sept. 23 1999. The Association of American Publishers announced recently that it is offering financial assistance for any U.S. publisher interested in releasing English-langauge editions of one of his novels or those of two other Iranian authors. [News]

The association announced recently that it would give $10,000 each to publishers who would release "The Drowned" by Moniru Ravanipur, "The Empty Palace of Soluch" by Mahmoud Dawlatabadi and "Christine and Kid" by Houshang Golshiri. Money would be divided among translation costs, promotion and publicity. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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