Savušun (also spelled Savushun, Persian: سووشون) is a 1969 Persian novel by Iranian writer Simin Daneshvar.[1] It is the first novel in Persian written by a female author.[2] The story is about the life of a landowning family in Shiraz faced to the occupation of Iran during World War II.[1] Savušun has sold over five hundred thousand copies in Iran.[1]

Savušun is "groundbreaking" and highly acclaimed work in contemporary Persian literature, with both literary and popular success within and outside Iran.[1][3] The novel has been translated to English and 16 other languages.[4] When writing about the novel's importance, critic Kaveh Bissari describing an exact translation by M.R. Ghanoonparvar[5] in 1990 and the version A Persian Requiem by Roxane Zand in 1991.[1]

Daneshvar uses folklore and myth in Savušun. Linguistically, savušun is a corruption of Siyâvašun, which refers to the traditional mourning for Siyâvaš, a hero in the Šâhnâme.[3]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Modern Iran Through Its Novels". Michigan Quarterly Review. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  2. ↑ Masʿud Jaʿfari Jazi (April 12, 2012). "SUVASHUN". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  3. 1 2 "Savushun: A novel about modern Iran". Your Middle East. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  4. ↑ "BBC فارسی - فرهنگ و هنر - سیمین دانشور، داستان‌نویس و مترجم برجسته ایرانی، درگذشت". www.bbc.co.uk (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  5. ↑ Daneshvar, Simin (1990). Savushun. Translated by Ghanoonparvar, M.R. Mage Publishers. Retrieved 28 January 2020.


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