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Karim Emami
Karim Emami ((ペルシア語:کریم امامی)) (born 26 May 1930, Calcutta, India – 9 July 2005, Tehran, Iran) was a highly regarded Iranian translator, editor, lexicographer, and literary critic.
==Life==
Emami was born in 1930 in Calcutta, a frequent destination of his father, a tea merchant.〔(Fathi, Nazila "Karim Emami, 75; Translated Omar Khayyam, and 'Gatsby'", ''The New York Times'', 13 July 2005 ), retrieved on 13 April 2009.〕 He learned his first English words from his father and returned to Shiraz in Iran when he was two years old.〔
Emami studied English literature at University of Tehran and at the University of Minnesota.〔 He became a journalist in the early 1950s for the English language Tehran daily ''Keyhan International''.〔(Payvand's Iran News ... "Iranian author, translator Karim Emami dies at 74" 13 July 2005 ), retrieved on 13 April 2009.〕 During the 1960s, he translated contemporary Persian poetry into English. In 1967, he was named editor in chief at Franklin Books, where he was instrumental in the publication of quality books and training younger writers and editors.〔 He also founded Soroush Press, the publishing arm of National Iranian Radio and Television, and established the Zamineh bookstore in Tehran, a meeting place for writers, intellectuals, and book lovers.〔(Akbari, H. "Karim Emami: 1930 - 2005" Center for Iranian Studies, 22 July 2005 ), retrieved on 13 April 2009.〕
In the final decade of his life he was an active contributor to Motarjem, an Iranian quarterly dedicated to translation and translators. He was responsible for ''Kargahe Tarjome'' (translation workshops) section of the magazine. He died of leukemia in Tehran.
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