Poetry reading with Sassan Tabatabai

http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/d/8/8/event_113175752.jpegBorn in Tehran, Iran, Sassan Tabatabai has lived in the United States since 1980. As a poet and scholar of medieval Persian poetry, he is the author of Father of Persian Verse: Rudaki and His Poetry (Leiden University Press, 2010). He teaches humanities and Persian literature at Boston University and Boston College, and is Poetry Editor of the literary journal News from the Republic of Letters.

Most recently, Tabatabai is the author of Uzunburun, a collection of poetry and translations published in 2011 by Pen & Anvil Press -- a publishing enterprise affiliated with the Boston Poetry Meetup. More information at http://penandanvil.com/tabatabai.

This event sponsored by the BC Dept. of Slavic & Eastern Languages & Literature.