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  PARWANA FAYYAZ

DR Parwana fayyaz


​                Scholar, Poet, Translator
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I am a scholar and teacher of classical and medieval Persian literature, specialising in long narrative poems (masnavi). I am also a poet and translator working with multiple languages. My first collection of poetry, Forty Names, inspired by the Afghan-Persian storytelling tradition, was published in 2021 and was named a New Statesman Book of the Year and a White Review Book of the Year. Forty Names is translated into Italian and Hebrew.

Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, I was raised in Pakistan as a refugee. I studied at Stanford, earning my B.A. in comparative literature and an M.A. in Religious Studies, and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where I completed my PhD in 2020. Shortly thereafter, I was elected to a four-year postdoctoral fellowship at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where I currently live, teach, and write. I will be joining the University of Virginia's Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures as an assistant professor in January 2025.





Upcoming events

[20th Feb 2025 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM GMT online ]
Finding the Words with Parwana Fayyaz, Stephen Keeler and Rob Miles
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/exploreyorklibrariesandarchives/1529197


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