An award-winning translator, Niloufar Talebi was born in England to Iranian parents. She is the founder of THE TRANSLATION PROJECT, www.thetranslationproject.org, whose mission is to bring contemporary Iranian literature to the world in multiple languages and media. Her translations have been anthologized and published in numerous journals and she has presented multimedia programs nationally. An Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Poetry Around the World, which she has edited and translated is forthcoming in summer 2008 (North Atlantic Books).
