New Books by Sholeh Wolpé
Attar : The Invisible Sun
“Sholeh Wolpé’s stunning new translation renders Attar’s engaging, singular voice with wit and flourish.” — Literary Hub
“Voz de mujer, voz poderosa y rebelde, no resignada, es la de la poeta, y mujer que construye su pensamiento contra las barreras que se le imponen, sea en las relaciones sociales o en el amor, asunto también del poemario, pero no todo se puede abordar en una reseña.” –Diario de Leon
por Sholeh Wolpé. (traducción: Corina Oproae)
New bilingual edition of Abacus of Loss: a memoir in verse
Visor Libros, Spain
Ábaco de la Pérdida - Memorias en verso
Sholeh Wolpé is an Iranian-American poet, writer, and librettist. Her literary work includes seven collections of poetry, several plays, five books of translations and three anthologies, as well as texts and librettos for the choir and opera.
Her most recent work include , The Invisible Sun – Attar (Harper Collins), Abacus of Loss: A Memoir in Verse (University of Arkansas Press), Abaco de Perdida (Visor Libros, España ), Song of Exile for choir and Nava Avaz, a full length opera for 6 composers (premiere 2027). Her translations of Iranian poetry, in particular 12th century Sufi mystic poet Attar, and 20th century Iranian rebel poet Forugh Farrokhzad have garnered awards and established Wolpé a as a celebrated re-creator of Persian poetry into English.
She is the recipient of Opera America Discovery Award as well as a PEN America Poetry in Translation Long List, PEN/Heim, Midwest Book Award, and the Lois Roth Translation Prize. She is the Writer-In-Residence at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), and the poetry editor at The Markaz Review. She has lived in Iran, Trinidad, and United Kingdom and presently divides her time between California and Barcelona.
Sholeh Wolpé, photo by Sophie Kandaouroff
Sholeh Wolpé was the subject of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Spotlight.
