Mahmoud Dowlatabadi and Najaf Daryabandari

7/8/2014 - TEHRAN: Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (Right) and Najaf Daryabandari (Left) are seen in a cafe in Tehran. Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (born 1 August 1940 in Dowlatabad, Sabzevar) is an Iranian writer and actor, known for his promotion of social and artistic freedom in contemporary Iran and his realist depictions of rural life, drawn from personal experience. Najaf Daryabandari (born 23 August 1929) is 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 is also the author of a two-volume tome on Iranian cuisine that have collected the diverse dishes of the country.Photo: Roshan Norouzi / AKSONLINE

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