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Minoo Moshiri
Minoo Moshiri (Persian: مینو مشیری) also known as Minou Moshiri, is an essayist, literary translator, film-critic and journalist. Early life and educationMinoo Moshiri was born in Tehran, Iran. She attended primary and secondary school in the French Ecole Jeanne d’Arc of Tehran. She then left for England to attend the well-known finishing school "Queenwood Ladies' College" in Eastbourne. She attended the University of Exeter for six years to receive an M.A. Honours Degree in French and English Literature. For her M.A. thesis she chose Diderot and the 18th century and studied with the famous Diderotiste, the late Geneva-born Professor Emeritus Robert Niklaus. CareerUpon returning home to Tehran, she became an essayist, literary translator, film-critic and journalist and continues to be active as such. She contributes essays, literary-criticisms and other articles as well as film-reviews in Persian, English and French to some dozen literary journals and film-magazines and newspapers. Her translation of Jose Saramago’s Blindness into Persian is in its 25th edition (2021). AwardsIn 2006, she won Iran’s First Prize in Journalism for Social Satire. She is a regular at Locarno, Rome, Thessaloniki and Nyon international film festivals. She was a member of the Jury at Locarno’s Critics’ Week in 2006, in Switzerland. She was a FIPRESCI jury member at Thessaloniki International Film Festival in 2010 in Greece. She was a FIPRESCI jury member at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in 2011. She was a FIPRESCI jury member at Locarno's International Film Festival in 2013. Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres de la Republique francaise.2017 TranslationsFrom English or French into Persian: 
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