Najaf Daryabandari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Najaf Daryabandari

Iranian writer

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1929

Place of Birth: Abadan, Khuzestan Province, Iran

Profession: writer, translator, essayist, linguist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Najaf Daryabandari (Persian: ??? ??????????; b.
23 August 1929) is an Iranian writer and translator of works from English into Persian.
He started translation at the age of 17-18 with the book of William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily.
He and his wife Fahimeh Rastkar, are also the authors of From Garlic to Onion, a two-volume tome on Iranian cuisine that have collected the diverse dishes of the country. Najaf is the son of Captain Khalaf Daryabandari, one of the first marine pilots of Iran.
The Iranian Merchant Mariners' Syndicate held a commemoration ceremony for Najaf Daryabandari and awarded him a replica of Darius the Great’s Suez Inscriptions.