Ebrahim Golestan (also spelt Ibrahim Golestan, Persian: 丕亘乇丕賴蹖賲 诏賱爻鬲丕賳 , born 1922 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure with a career spanning half a century. He has been living in Sussex, United Kingdom, since 1975.
He is the father of Iranian photojournalist Kaveh Golestan, and Lili Golestan owner and artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran. His grandson, Mani Haghighi, is also a film director.
Ebrahim Golestan is an Iranian filmmaker (director and producer) and writer. Golestan was married to his cousin, Fakhri Golestan. He is the father of Iranian photojournalist Kaveh Golestan, and Lili Golestan, translator and owner and artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran. His grandson, Mani Haghighi, is also a film director.
Golestan鈥檚 four short story collections, and his novels, they all feature a dense employment of literary language, especially symbols, allegories and codes. The Rooster, is the most informative part of his books.
It is as if I have read a long poem, the long story of "Rooster" is symbolic, with a poetic tone and language, and a simple structure, its writing is the end of technique; It is a narrative of the society of Iran's yesterday, today, and tomorrow.