Celebrated translator Najaf Daryabandari remains in intensive care in a Tehran hospital. The head of Iran’s National Library, Seyed Reza Salehi Amiri, visited him in hospital today, along with renowned actor Ezatollah Entezami and his son, musician Majid Entezami. Daryabandari has made a huge contribution to Iran’s access to English-language literature, translating modern classics into Persian, including work by William Faulkner, Samuel Beckett and Ernest Hemingway. He is also the author of a cookbook.
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