Sholeh Wolpé

Sholeh Wolpé is an Iranian-American poet and writer. Her nine books include Keeping Time with Blue Hyacinths (University of Arkansas Press, 2013) and Rooftops of Tehran (Red Hen Press, 2008), and, as translator, Sin: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad (University of Arkansas Press, 2010). She is the recipient of PEN/Heim Grant, the Midwest Book Award, and the Lois Roth Persian Translation Prize, among others.