Dorit Rabinyan

b. 1972

Born in Kfar Saba, Israel, to an Iranian family, Dorit Rabinyan is a novelist and television drama writer who lives in Tel Aviv. Her novel Persian Brides describes the lives of Jewish women in early twentieth-century Iran. Rabinyan has earned the Prime Minister’s Prize and the Best Drama of the Year Award from the Israeli Film Academy.

Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator

Primary Source

Persian Brides

Public Access
Text
Nazie’s whispers, farhiz, farhiz, before falling asleep had availed nothing—the laughing demons sneaked into Flora’s belly, pinched the baby’s bottom and pulled his ears. The sharp edge of the knife…