Lili Golestan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lili Golestan

Iranian translator

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1944

Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Profession: writer, translator, linguist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Lili Golestan Taghavi Shirazi (born 14 July 1944 in Tehran) is an Iranian translator, and owner and artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran.
She is the daughter of the filmmaker and writer Ebrahim Golestan, the sister of the late photojournalist Kaveh Golestan and the mother of filmmaker Mani Haghighi.She spent a number of her formative years in Abadan, where her father worked as a filmmaker. She was exposed to literature and the arts from an early age, being able to interact closely with up and coming personalities from the period. Lili Golestan spent a number of years studying in Paris and upon her return to Iran found success as a translator and author.
She is widely travelled and knowledgeable about a broad range of literature.