Mehdi Sahabi

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Mehdi Sahabi
Native name
مهدی سحابی
BornFebruary 1944
Qazvin, Iran
DiedNovember 9, 2009 (aged 66)
Paris, France
Occupationtranslator, painter, and author
Language Persian
Nationality Iranian

Mehdi Sahabi (Persian: مهدی سحابی; February 1944 in Qazvin (Iran) – November 9, 2009 in Paris (France) ) was an Iranian intellectual, translator, painter, and writer. Born in the provincial Iranian capitol of Qazvin in 1944, Sahabi translated novels originally in English, French, and Italian into Persian. [1] He left his studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University and Rome University of Fine Arts unfinished. [1]

His translation of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time , which he spent 11 years on, is considered his finest. [1] He also translated Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education , Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, All Men are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir, Stendhal's The Red and the Black , The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino and Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Death on Credit . [1]

Sahabi was awarded Iran's Book of the Year award, after which no translator won for 18 years.[ citation needed ] He died in Paris of a heart attack on November 9, 2009. His funeral took place in Tehran. [1]

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References

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