Sana Nassari is a British-Iranian poet, writer, translator, and art historian based in London. She has published one novel and a collection of short stories, These Two Roses (Exiled Writer Ink, 2020). Her poetry collection O Delilah won second prize for an unpublished collection at the Journalists Poetry Award and Departure, a second collection of her poetry has been recently published by the reputable publishing house Morvarid in Iran. Sana has also translated two novels by the American writer Karen Joy Fowler and The Graveyard by Polish writer Marek Hłasko into Farsi. Her translation of The Certificate by Isaac Bashevis Singer is forthcoming. Sana holds an M.A. in the History of Art from SOAS, University of London. Since 2021, she has been actively contributing to WritersMosaic magazine, specialising in art and literature reviews.
Sana Nassari

Reviews

Prisoner 951
A quietly devastating miniseries based on the six-year ordeal of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in the Iranian regime's prisons
17th December 2025
Reviews

The Booker Prize 2025: a public shortlist, a private thrill
The poet and translator Sana Nassari reflects on the excitement among the more than 2,000 people attending the Royal Festival Hall event announcing the shortlist for the Booker Prize 2025
25th September 2025
What We Leave We Carry

Sana Nassari
The poet and translator Sana Nassari talks about her fear of leaving artifacts behind in Iran to come to the UK. Sana is also an art collector whom her mother used to tease was a ‘collector of useless things'.
24th September 2025
Reviews

Mahsa Salali: THE CALL: MUBĀH مُباح
A theatrical performance, a sequence of ceremonial actions that redefines the body’s presence
3rd September 2025
Original Series

Iranian women’s defiant art of resistance
Sana Nassari writes on the extraordinary acts of Iranian women who have pushed against the rigid boundaries of patriarchy.
3rd September 2025
Original Series

Iranian women’s voices
Sana Nassari introduces 'Iranian women's voices' inspired by one of Iran's most celebrated poets, Forough Farrokhzad.
1st September 2025
Close Up

Before the Red Ink Disappears
Between a bomb and a hard place. Reflecting on the value of creativity in a time of grave conflict in Iran.
30th June 2025
Reviews

In the Shadow of the Cypress
An Oscar-winning film's exploration of fractured familial relationships in post-war Iran
30th April 2025
Close Up

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
Returning to the theatre for Nassim Soleimanpour's Pavlovian-esque experiment
30th October 2024
Reviews

Dreams have no titles
Zineb Sedira's mesmerising, multifaceted art installation with film, sculpture, photography and performance
15th May 2024
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Ideologues of the Game and Other Seekers of the End
Fathizadeh's prophetic paintings of introspection
14th February 2024
Reviews

Another chance to live, even for dead rebels
Soheila Sokhanvari’s images of rebellion against orthodoxy of modern Iranian female artists
21st December 2022
Reviews

Epic Iran
Epic Iran, a huge exhibition at the V&A, covers art from 3200 BC to the present day.
7th July 2021

Sana Nassari
Sana Nassari is a British-Iranian poet, writer, translator and art historian.




















