Farzaneh Milani

Farzaneh Milani (; born ) is an Iranian-born American scholar, author, poet, translator, and educator. Milani teaches Persian literature and women's studies at the University of Virginia; and serves as the Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures. She is also a poet, award-winning translator, and a recipient of the Carnegie Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Milani's 1992 book ''Veils and Words: the Emerging Voices of Iranian Women Writers'' (Syracuse, 1992), has seen its sixteenth printing. Provided by Wikipedia