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Goli Taraghi

Goli Taraghi, author of nine widely translated books of fiction, won the Bita Prize for Literature in 2009. Her most recent book has been banned in her native Iran. She moved to Paris in 1979.

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A short story by the 2009 Bita Prize winner.

Goli Taraghi
Goli Taraghi accepts the Bita Prize.
Goli Taraghi

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