Ziaeddin TorabiZiaeddin Torabi was born in Zanjan, Iran. After he completed elementary and high school, he continued his education in English Language and literature and graduated with a BA in 1970 from the Faculty of Letters of Isfahan University. He resumed his eucation in linguistics and received his MA from Tehran University. He started composing and reciting poems in childhood, and his first poetry collection of free verse was published in 1970. He has published more than 30 books in different areas, such as poetry, criticism, and translation. He has won a number of literary awards, among them the Iran Annual Book Prize in 2010 for FACE TO FACE WITH DREAMS. Read More Read Less