Q.R. Quasar Non-Member Joined 2025

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Q.R. Quasar (Bio)

Q.R.Quasar is a poet, playwright, novelist & scholar/translator of Arabic & Persian poetry/philosophy (Ph.D., UCLA). Poems/translations in Poetry, Hawaii Review, Al-Arabiyya, Blackbox, Greening the Earth (anthology, Penguin), etc. Among his 11 books of poetry are Buddha Time (Global Scholarly Pubs. [GSP]: gsp-books.org), Ocean of Suns and Light First, Light Last (double book, GSP), Watching the Universe Die and The Universe in Bloom (double book, GSP), The Expanse of Green (translated Persian poetry of Sohrab Sepehry: UNESCO/Kalimat), & A Rebirth (Persian poetry of Foroogh Farrokhzaad in translation). Awards: 1st Prize, Chicago Poetry Festival; Columbia Univ. Translation Prize, International Scholar of the Year Award (1998: for Persian translations). TV/radio/Zoom readings in Persian/English: Europe, Asia, USA. Live readings: Iran, Russia, China, USA. Founding member, San Francisco Bay Area Poets Coalition (BAPC).