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The Dusk of Exile
Poems of Longing and Light
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Born in Tehran and now a member of the Swedish Academy, Jila Mossaed is one of the most distinctive poetic voices of exile and belonging. Having written in both Persian and Swedish, she brings to her Persian poetry a rare perspective on language and loss—illuminating the fragile threshold between silence and speech, home and displacement, memory and renewal. In these radiant translations, drawn from Mossaed’s eleven Persian collections, we enter a world where exile becomes a form of vision. The natural world—wind, sea, stone, and flame—mirrors the inner life of the poet, revealing how loss can sharpen perception and how solitude can become a dwelling place. Mossaed’s poetry moves through tenderness and clarity, sorrow and radiance, until longing itself becomes a kind of home. Mojdeh Bahar’s faithful and lyrical translations bring this extraordinary body of work into English for the first time, allowing readers to encounter a voice that bridges cultures, histories, and languages. The Dusk of Exile is a book about the endurance of the human spirit—an intimate and timeless testament to how poetry can transform displacement into light.
Jila Mossaed Estakhri (born 1948 in Tehran) is an Iranian-born Swedish poet and writer, and a member of the Swedish Academy. Living in Sweden since 1986, she writes in both Persian and Swedish and is widely recognized as one of the most distinctive poetic voices of exile and belonging. Her poetry explores themes of displacement, memory, and renewal, often weaving the natural world—wind, sea, stone, and flame—into the fabric of inner life. Mossaed’s work has been translated into English, French, Dutch, and Greek, and has received numerous honors, including the Prix Vénus Khoury-Ghata (2020) and the Prix Max-Jacob (2022). The Dusk of Exile introduces English readers to poems drawn from her eleven Persian-language collections.
- ISBN-13
- 9781949445961
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers
- Imprint
- Mage Publishers
- Publication date
- 3 March 2026
- Format
- Hardback
- Pages
- 204
- Dimensions
- 203 x 127 mm
- Language
- English
