Mariam Rahmani

About the Author

Mariam Rahmani is a writer and translator. Her fiction, essays, and translation have appeared in Granta, Gulf Coast, n+1, and elsewhere. Her first translation from Farsi was named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker, and she is now translating the definitive biography of the mid-century Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad. Rahmani holds a PhD from UCLA and an MFA from Columbia, as well as degrees from Princeton and Oxford. She currently teaches at Bennington College.