Alireza Iranmehr

is a writer and essayist, who has received numerous honors and awards for his fiction. His first fictional work, Berim khoshgozaroni  [Let’s Go Revel] (Roshangaran Publishing, 2005) was followed by Safar ba gerdbad [Traveling with Tornado] (Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, 2006), re-reading of the poems by the 16th-century Iranian poet Saib Tabrizi. Iranmehr’s short story collection, The Pink Cloud (Candle and Fog, 2013), was translated from Persian into English by Sara Khalili. His essays and book reviews appear regularly in Iranian literary magazines and journals. Iranmehr has also written screenplays for films, including Raz [Secret] (2007), Delkhoon [Heartbreak] (2009) and Azadrah [Freeway] (2011). He is a contributor to Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction, edited by Jordan Elgrably (City Lights Books, 2024).