What is Najaf Daryabandari?
[[File:Najaf Daryabandari.jpg|right|200px]] '''Najaf Daryabandari''' ({{lang-fa|نجف دریابندری}}; 23 August 1929 – 4 May 2020) was an Iranian writer and translator. He was known for translating works of [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[William Faulkner]], [[Bertrand Russell]], [[Samuel Beckett]] and [[Mark Twain]] into Persian.<ref>{{cite web|trans-title=Biography: Najaf Darya Bandari (1309 - 1399)|date=2013-03-03|title=زندگینامه: نجف دریا بندری (۱۳۰۹ - ۱۳۹۹)|script-title=fa:(زندگینامه: نجف دریابندری (1309-|url=http://hamshahrionline.ir/details/32368|access-date=November 12, 2012|work=[[Hamshahri]]|language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgnews.ir/showpage.aspx?id=43413 |script-title=fa:گفتگو با نجف دریابندری در عمارت تاریخیِ بوشهر: هنوز ادامه می‌دهم |work=Persian Gulf News Agency |language=fa |access-date=November 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010184323/http://www.pgnews.ir/showpage.aspx?id=43413 |archive-date=October 10, 2014 }}</ref> He started translation at the age of 17 with [[William Faulkner]]'s book ''[[A Rose for Emily]]''.<ref>[http://www.dibache.com/text.asp?cat=8&id=3023 ترجمه آفرینش است – گفت‌وگوی سیروس علی‌نژاد با نجف دریابندری] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024725/http://www.dibache.com/text.asp?cat=8&id=3023 |date=2016-03-04 }}(in Persian)</ref> He was also a writer and wrote ''From Garlic to Onion'', a two-volume tome on [[Iranian cuisine]]. He was born in [[Abadan, Iran|Abadan]], [[Iran]]. Daryabandari died on 4 May 2020 in [[Tehran]] at the age of 90.<ref>[https://www.mehrnews.com/news/4916734/%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%81-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA نجف دریابندری درگذشت] {{in lang|fa}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Daryabandari, Najaf}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Iranian writers]] [[Category:Iranian translators]] {{bio-stub}}