Mahmoud Etemadzadeh
Mahmoud Etemadzadeh, also known as Behazin, (January 13, 1915– 2006 in Rasht, Iran) was a writer and translator from the Gilan Province of Iran. He translated a large majority of modern Western classics. Notable examples include works by Goethe and Shakespeare. He was a member of the Tudeh Party. A group of his younger contemporaries recently provided a review of his work and life on the occasion of his centennial.[1] Etemadzaeh is highly regarded by the literary circles in Iran for the his quality and command of Persian and the resulting beauty and honesty of his translations, into Persian, of Western literary works.
Works of Translation
He translated "And Quiet Flows the Don" from Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov into Persian.
References
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