Sara Khalili
Sara Khalili

Sara
Khalili

Sara Khalili is an editor and translator of contemporary Iranian and Afghan literature. Her translations include the works of Shahriar Mandanipour, Goli Taraghi, Parinoush Saniee, Shahrnush Parsipur, and Yaghoub Yadali. She also translated In the Meadow of Fantasies by Hadi Mohammadi and Nooshin Safakhoo, which in 2022 received a Batchelder Honor from the American Library Association.

Sara Khalili is an editor and translator of contemporary Iranian and Afghan literature. Her translations include the works of Shahriar Mandanipour, Goli Taraghi, Parinoush Saniee, Shahrnush Parsipur, and Yaghoub Yadali. She also translated In the Meadow of Fantasies by Hadi Mohammadi and Nooshin Safakhoo, which in 2022 received a Batchelder Honor from the American Library Association.

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