Najaf Daryabandari


Najaf Daryabandari was an Iranian writer and translator of works from English into Persian. He started translation at the age of 17–18 with the book of William Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily". He and his wife Fahimeh Rastkar, were also the authors of "The Rt. Honorable Cookbook, from Soup to Nuts" , a two-volume tome on Iranian cuisine that have collected the diverse dishes of the country.
Najaf was the son of Captain Khalaf Daryabandari, one of the first marine pilots of Iran. The Iranian Merchant Mariners' Syndicate held a commemoration ceremony for Najaf Daryabandari and awarded him a replica of Darius the Great’s Suez Inscriptions.

Death

Najaf Daryabandari died on May 4, 2020 in Tehran at the age of 90 after a long illness.

Selected list of works

;Persian translations




;Original works