He was born in 1944 in Zanjan, Iran and immigrated to U.S.A. in 2011. He started composing and reciting poems in childhood and earned a B.A. in English language and literature from Isfahan University and an M.A. in linguistics from Tehran University. Torabi has published more than 30 books, including poetry, criticisim and translation. He has won many literary awards, including the 2010 Iran Annual book Prize for his poetry collection, Face To Face With Dream, that has been translated into English by Parisa Samady and was published by Ad Luman press of American River College in 2012.