Sohrab Rahimi

Born in 1962 in Central Iran, Sohrab Rahimi has lived in Sweden since 1986. He has published his poems in Swedish magazines and journals since 1989 and has contributed to Iranian diaspora literary journals including "The Persian Book Review", "Daftar-e Shenakht", "Roya, Sanjesh", "Aftab", "Asheqaneh", "Khat", "Vizhe Sher", "In" and "Maks". He was the editor of Persian periodical, "Asar", published between 1996 and 1998.

Rahimi also writes in Swedish and has published poetry, critic and essays in Swedish journals. He is a member of the Swedish Writers’ Association, Swedish Critics’ Centre, and the Centre of Literary Translators of Sweden. His poetry books include, "The House of Dreams", published in Persian in Gothenburg in 1994, and, "The Spoiled Kernels of Time", published in Persian and Swedish in Stockholm in 1995. His third book, called "white balsam", was published 1999. His fourth book came out in 2006, "a letter yo you" . He has also been invited as guest speaker in colleges and universities. Rahimi is a graduate in public health and psychiatry.