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Siavash Saadlou [1]

Listed as: 
Translator
Public address: 
Canada
CA
Bio: 

Siavash Saadlou is a Pushcart Prize-nominated writer and literary translator whose work has been noted in the Best American Essays series by Robert Atwan. His poems have been anthologized in Odes to Our Undoing: Writers Reflecting on Crisis (Risk Press) and Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora (Green Linden Press). Saadlou is the winner of the 2024 Susan Atefat Nonfiction Prize, the 2023 Constance Rooke Nonfiction Prize, and the 55th Cole Swensen Prize for Translation.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Persian
Twitter/X: 
@siavashsaadlou
Born in: 
Tehran
Iran
Raised in: 
Tehran
Iran
Website: 
http://www.siavashsaadlou.com [2]
Prizes won: 

2024 Arts & Letters/Susan Atefat Creative Nonfiction Prize
2023 Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize
The 55th Cole Swensen Prize for Translation

Identifies as: 
Iranian
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/siavash_saadlou

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/siavash_saadlou [2] http://www.siavashsaadlou.com