Shahrnush Parsipur, the celebrated Iranian writer whose feminist novels challenged patriarchal norms and led to multiple imprisonments, has died at the age of 80.
Her UK publisher, Denise Rose Hansen, confirmed the news, expressing deep grief over the loss of an author whose work left an indelible mark on literature.
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Parsipur was a pioneer of women's literature in Iran.
Her novels, including "Women Without Men" and "Touba and the Meaning of Night," drew scrutiny from authorities under both the Shah and the Islamic Republic.
She was imprisoned four times.
Her first arrest came after she resigned from a state television producer role to protest the execution of two poets by the secret police, Savak.
During the 1980s, she spent four years and seven months in prison without formal charges.
This experience is detailed in her upcoming book "Prison Memoir," scheduled for full English publication in 2027.
Born on February 17, 1946, in Tehran, Parsipur studied sociology at the University of Tehran.
She published her first novel, "The Dog and the Long Winter," in 1974, becoming Iran's second female novelist after Simin Daneshvar.
In 1989, she published "Touba and the Meaning of Night," a historical novel about a woman's life in 20th-century Iran.
Penguin will publish it in the UK in 2028.
The same year, she released "Women Without Men," which follows five women seeking freedom from patriarchal oppression during the 1953 coup.
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