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Sahar Delijani

Sahar Delijani
Sahar Delijani is the author of Children of the Jacaranda Tree, an autobiographical novel, which has been translated into 30 languages and published in more than 75 countries. Born in Iran in 1983, she grew up in California and lived for many years in Turin, Italy. Twice a Pushcart nominee and longlisted for the Granum Foundation Prize and Le Livre de Poche Prix des Lecteurs, Delijani’s writings have appeared in Kweli Jouranl, The Bellevue Review, Slice Magazine, BBC Persian, Zeit Online, DW Persian, Femina Middle East, Corriere della Sera and more. She currently lives in New York City, working on her second novel.


Hala Alyan on Diaspora, the Limits of Healing, and Gaza as the Conscience of the World

The Author of “I’ll Tell You When I’m Home” in Conversation With Sahar Delijani
July 17, 2025  By Sahar Delijani
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Feeling in Farsi, Writing in English:
On Translating Your Life From One Language to Another

Sahar Delijani Navigates the Complexity of Conjuring Her Old Life in a New Language
January 14, 2025  By Sahar Delijani
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Fire, Earth, Spring: Unity and Resistance in the Lands of SWANA

Sahar Delijani on the Legacies of the Arab Spring
January 23, 2024  By Sahar Delijani
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“No Veils, No Oppression!” Watching From a Distance As Women Fight for Freedom in Iran

Sahar Delijani on Heeding the Call for Revolution
January 27, 2023  By Sahar Delijani
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