A collection of essays by the celebrated Turkish-British author Elif Shafak has been translated in Persian by Saber Hosseini and published by Morvarid Publication.
Titled “Şemspare” (Pieces of the Sun), the book contains 65 essays on gender, identity, social issues, ethnic and religious conflicts, women, literature and politics, ISNA reported on its Persian website.
A novelist, essayist, academic, public speaker and women’s rights activist, Shafak, 46, has published 16 novels and nonfiction books that have been translated into 49 languages.
The award winning author writes in both Turkish and English, and is famous for “The Forty Rules of Love” in which she focuses on love in the light of the a 13th century Persian poet Rumi and his spiritual mentor Shams of Tabriz.
It sold more than 750,000 copies, becoming an all-time bestseller in Turkey. It was also nominated for the 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
