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Wikipedia article
'Savuun' (also spelled 'Savushun,' ) is a 1969 Persian novel by Iranian writer Simin Daneshvar. It is the first novel in Persian written by a female author. The story is about the life of a landowning family in Shiraz faced to the occupation of Iran during World War II. 'Savuun' has sold over five hundred thousand copies in Iran.
'Savuun' is "groundbreaking" and highly acclaimed work in contemporary Persian literature, with both literary and popular success within and outside Iran. The novel has been translated to English and 16 other languages. When writing about the novel's importance, critic Kaveh Bissari describing an exact translation by M.R. Ghanoonparvar
in 1990 and the version 'A Persian Requiem' by Roxane Zand in 1991.
Daneshvar uses folklore and myth in 'Savuun.' Linguistically, 'savuun' is a corruption of 'Siyvaun', which refers to the traditional mourning for Siyva, a hero in the 'hnme'.
See also
*Siyva
References
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