Mahshid Mirmoezzi ( fa, مهشید میرمعزی) is an Iranian translator from the
German language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Ita ...
. She has translated over 40 works into the
Persian language
Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and ...
.
[ She has received several prizes, including the Parvin Award for her translation of ]Pascal Mercier
Peter Bieri (born 23 June 1944), better known by his pseudonym, Pascal Mercier, is a Swiss writer and philosopher.
Academic background
Bieri studied philosophy, English studies and Indian studies in both London and Heidelberg. He took his do ...
's ''Night Train to Lisbon''.[
]
Biography
Mahshid Mirmoezzi was born in Qazvin
Qazvin (; fa, قزوین, , also Romanized as ''Qazvīn'', ''Qazwin'', ''Kazvin'', ''Kasvin'', ''Caspin'', ''Casbin'', ''Casbeen'', or ''Ghazvin'') is the largest city and capital of the Province of Qazvin in Iran. Qazvin was a capital of the ...
, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
in 1962. She attended the University of Essen, Germany from 1985, obtaining a degree in environmental engineering. She returned to Iran in 1993.
Mirmoezzi worked as a freelance journalist for various publications, including Hamshahri Monthly, Golagha and Rudaki.
Her career as a translator began with Ruth Berlau
Ruth Berlau (24 August 1906, Charlottenlund – 15 January 1974, East Berlin) was a Danish actress, director, photographer and writer, known for her collaboration with Bertolt Brecht and for founding the Bertolt-Brecht-Archiv
in Berlin.
Born t ...
's ''Brechts Lai-Tu'' in 1998. In 2002, her translation of Irvin D. Yalom
Irvin David Yalom (; born June 13, 1931) is an American existential psychiatrist who is emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as author of both fiction and nonfiction.
Early life
Yalom was born in Washington, D.C. A ...
's ''When Nietzsche Wept
''When Nietzsche Wept'' is a 2007 American art drama film directed by Pinchas Perry and starring Armand Assante, Ben Cross and Katheryn Winnick. It is based on the novel of the same name by Irvin D. Yalom. It was filmed in Bulgaria.
Plot
The ...
'' was published.
In 2013, she published her translation of Pascal Mercier's ''Night Train to Lisbon'', for which she won the Parvin Award.
Selected translations
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References
External links
Mahshid Mirmoezzi's page
Translators from German
Iranian translators
People from Qazvin
1962 births
Living people
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