Niloufar Talebi

Born in London to Iranian parents, Niloufar Talebi is an author, award-winning translator, interdisciplinary creator, and producer. She is the editor/translator of Belonging: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World (North Atlantic Books, 2008), and author of Self-Portrait in Bloom (l’Aleph, 2019) and creator of its operatic companion, Abraham in Flames, a San Francisco Chronicle Notable Performance of 2019. Her projects have been commissioned by and presented at Carnegie Hall, Cal Performances, the Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Stanford Live. She is the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, and 5 translations prizes including a 2015 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship for her translations of Ahmad Shamlou’s poetry. Talebi is a frequent speaker at festivals and conferences. In 2019, she was presented at TedxBerkeley, the Bay Area Book Festival, AWP, and Litquake.