Niloufar Talebi

Niloufar Talebi is an author, award-winning translator, interdisciplinary artist, and producer. Her most recent projects are the hybrid memoir Self-Portrait in Bloom (l’Aleph, 2019), and Abraham in Flames opera<.em> (composer Aleksandra Vrebalov), both inspired by the work and legacy of the Nobel-Prize nominated Iranian poet, Ahmad Shamlou. She is also the editor and translator of BELONGING: New Poetry By Iranians Around the World (North Atlantic Books, 2008), and the creator of multimedia projects including ICARUS/RISE, and The Persian Rite of Spring. Her work has been commissioned by and presented at Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center, and Stanford Live. Her TEDxBerkeley Talk is called, “On Making Beauty After Agony.”