Ali Ashraf Darvishian

Ali Ashraf Darvishian (‎; 25 August 1941 – 26 October 2017) was an Iranian story writer and scholar. He was born in Kermanshah, Iran. He was often called the "Iranian Charles Dickens".Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete Persepolis. Pantheon Books. 30 October 2007. 33. He taught Persian literature in Australian colleges and universities during his career. He was a guest of the Iranian Centre for Democracy and presented a number of lectures on a broad range of social and cultural issues.

Darvishian died on 26 October 2017 in Tehran of respiratory failure at the age of 76.

References

Other websites
 هندوانه‌ی گرم ـ علی‌اشرف درویشیان (in Persian) 
 مصاحبه با علی اشرف درویشیان، نویسنده (in Persian) 

Category:1941 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Iranian academics
Category:Iranian writers
Category:People from Kermanshah Province