celebratingamazingwomen: Simin Dāneshvar (1921-2012) is seen as the first major female author in her
celebratingamazingwomen: Simin Dāneshvar (1921-2012) is seen as the first major female author in her native country of Iran. She wrote extensively about the lives of Iranian women and social issues.In 1966, she published the bestselling A Persian Requiem, the first published novel by an Iranian woman. Also hers are the first collection of short stories and first volume of translated stories published by a woman in the country. -- source link