Atefe Asadi (b. 1994, Tehran) is a contemporary Iranian poet, author, translator, editor, and lyricist. Her work focuses on women’s rights, minorities, migration, discrimination, and freedom. She was awarded the Hannah Arendt Fellowship in 2022. While living in Iran, Asadi collaborated with various literary magazines and websites, including Sayeh-ha, Konsefr, Ketabchi, and Morva. However, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance banned all three of her short story collections. In exile in Germany, she has been an outspoken critic of the Iranian regime, advocating for international support for the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
Translation Folio
Winter 2025
A Coffin for Four
There are also stories for which the omniscient narrator must bite their lip. For their tears not to wet the lines. The omniscient narrator must simply grit their teeth, be […]