Ebrahim Golestan
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Ebrahim Golestan | |
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| ابراهیم گلستان | |
 Golestan in 1968 | |
| Born | 19 October 1922 Shiraz, Iran |
| Education | University of Tehran (unfinished) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and director |
| Spouse |
Fakhri Golestan
(m. 1942; died 2012) |
| Partner | Forough Farrokhzad[1] (1960s–1967) |
| Children | Leili and Kaveh |
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Ebrahim Golestan (Persian: ابراهیم گلستان, born 19 October 1922) is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure with a career spanning half a century. He has lived in Sussex, United Kingdom, since 1975.
He was closely associated with the eminent Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad, whom he met in his studio in 1958, until her death. He is said to have inspired her to live more independently.[2] It could also be said that she inspired him in his artistic vision.
Personal life
Golestan was married to his cousin, Fakhri Golestan. He is the father of Iranian photojournalist Kaveh Golestan, and Lili Golestan,[3] translator and owner and artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran. His grandson, Mani Haghighi, is also a film director. His other grandson Mehrak, is a rapper.[citation needed]
Golestan was a member of Tudeh Party of Iran, but he broke away in January 1948.[4]
After Farrokhzâd's death, Golestân was protective of her privacy and memory. For example, in response to the publication of a biographical/critical study by Michael Craig Hillmann called A Lonely Woman: Forugh Farrokhzad and Her Poetry (1987), he published a lengthy attack against Hillmann in a Tehran literary magazine,[5] to which Hillmann responded at length in an article, part of which was also published in the same Tehran literary magazine. In 2005, Golestan's long conversation with Parviz Jahed was published in Iran under the title "Writing with a Camera"(Neveshtan ba Doorbin).[6]
In February 2017, 50 years after Farrokhzad's death, the 94-year-old Golestan broke his silence about his relationship with Forough, speaking to Saeed Kamali Dehghan of The Guardian. Golestan said: "I rue all the years she isn't here, of course, that's obvious. We were very close, but I can't measure how much I had feelings for her. How can I? In kilos? In metres?"[7]
He participated in the 2022 documentary See You Friday, Robinson. Director Mitra Farahani initiated an email exchange between Golestan and French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, with emailed text letters from Golestan and "videos, images, and aphorism" responses from Godard.[8]
Golestan turned 100 in October 2022.[9]
Works
Golestan started his film studio Golestan Films in 1957 and produced some documentaries for the National Iranian Oil Company. A Fire and Moj, Marjan and Khara are amongst these films. Golestan also produced the Forough Farrokhzad film The House is Black.[10]
Books
Stories
- Âzar, mâh-e âkher-e pâ’iz (Azar, the last month of autumn), 1948
- Shekâr-e sâyeh (Shadow-hunting), 1955
- Juy-o divâr-o teshneh (The stream, the wall and the thirsty one), 1967
- Madd-o meh (Tide and mist), 1969
- Rooster, 1995
- Neveshtan Ba Dourbin, 2005
- Sprachman, Paul (1982). "Ebrahim Golestan's the Treasure: A Parable of Cliché and Consumption". Iranian Studies. 15 (1): 155–180. doi:10.1080/00210868208701598. JSTOR 4310386. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
Filmography
Documentaries
- Yek atash (A fire) (1961)
- Moj, marjan, khara (1962)
- The Hills of Marlik (1963)
- The crown jewels of Iran (1965)
Drama
- Brick and Mirror (1963)
- Asrar ganj-e dareh-ye jenni (1974, aka The Ghost Valley's Treasure Mysteries) ISBN 978-9-649-28315-9
References
- ^ "گذري بر زندگي نامه"ابراهيم گلستان"".
- ^ "Farough timeline". Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ Masoud Soheili, Photographer, Portrait & People: Lili Golestan
- ^ Maziar, Behrooz (2000). Rebels With A Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran. I.B.Tauris. p. 168. ISBN 1860646301.
- ^ "Az Yek Maqâleh va Chand Ostâd."
- ^ نوشتن با دوربین، رو در رو با ابراهیم گلستان، پرویز جاهد، انتشارات اختران، 1384
- ^ Ebrahim Golestan's interview with the Guardian's Saeed Kamali Dehghan
- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (August 5, 2021). "Jean-Luc Godard Non-Conventional Documentary 'See You Friday Robinson' Set For Festival Circuit (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
- ^ "Monography: EBRAHIM GOLESTAN | Earthly Songs: Ebrahim Golestan on his 100th birthday". Vienna International Film Festival. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ https://mandegar.tarikhema.org/زندگانی-ابراهیم-گلستان
- Hamid Dabashi, Masters & Masterpieces of Iranian Cinema, 451 p. (Mage Publishers, Washington, DC, 2007); Chapter III, pp. 71–106: Ebrahim Golestan; Brick and Mirror. ISBN 0-934211-85-X
External links
- Golestan at tirgan Iranian Festival
- Ebrahim Golestan at IMDb
- Articles and short stories by Golestan on Iranian.com
- Ebrahim Golestan - Poetry Foundation
- Video interview with Ebrahim Golestan, by Masoud Behnoud, BBC, 2007
- Jahed, Parviz, “Directors, Ebrahim Golestan”, Directory of World Cinema: Iran, Parviz Jahed (ed.), Intellect, Chicago. (2012).
- Jahed, Parviz, "Brick and Mirror" ("Khesht va Āyeneh"), in Persian, May 15, 2007, [1].
- Ebrahim Golestan - International Film Festival Rotterdam
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