1. Reza Shirmarz, is a Greece-based Iranian published, and awarded playwright, translator, researcher, theatre director and essayist with more than 40 books published both written and translated by him, who has been collaborating with major publishing companies, theaters, drama schools, radio channels, journals, etc.
Reza Shirmarz was elected as a member of the board of directors of Iran's Playwrights Guild for 3 ongoing years.
Reza Shirmarz has been a professional member of bodies such as Iran's Playwrights Guild, PEN America, and Dramatists Guild of America.
Reza Shirmarz is a language specialist and a full member of Chartered Institute of Linguists in London.
Reza Shirmarz was born in Khoy and raised in Tehran, the capital city of Iran.
Reza Shirmarz's father was a ground forces general with no interest in art and his mother an art lover who taught him both discipline and love.
Reza Shirmarz began to read Persian classic literature, especially Rumi, when he was a teen.
Reza Shirmarz was quite fascinated by modern short stories, particularly the works of great modern Iranian writer, Sadegh Hedayat.
Reza Shirmarz began to read the non-Persian literature intensively after a couple of years.
Later, Reza Shirmarz began to read more ancient and modern dramas, strengthening his creative imagination.
Reza Shirmarz wrote several plays of which two -Cinnamon Stars and Crystal Vines- were celebrated on a national scale in Fajr International Theater Festival and Iran's National Playwriting Contest.
Reza Shirmarz moved to Greece in 2010 to carry out research on ancient Greek culture and civilization, learn Greek language while studying at the university of Athens and translate Greek theatrical and philosophical works into Persian directly from Greek.
Reza Shirmarz has been translating the complete works of Aristotle into Persian language of which the first volume was published in 2017.
Reza Shirmarz announced in one of his recent interviews that he is translating the eight books of Aristotle into Persian at the moment, along with other projects he is carrying out.
Reza Shirmarz said that Rhetoric is going to be published soon by a major Iranian publishing company called Ghoghnoos.
Reza Shirmarz translated two essays on African rituals and their theatrical aspects, which were published as parts of a book called Drama and Religion published in Fajr International Theater Festival by Iran's Performing arts center in 2007.
Reza Shirmarz has been active in various Iranian radio channels as writer, translator and narrator for more than a decade.
Reza Shirmarz has adapted and translated more than 100 dramatic works to be performed in radio and has been active as a theater critic for several years.
Reza Shirmarz was active in the administrative part of Fajr International Theater Festival for three years at the time of reformist Iranian president Mohammad Khatami from 2001 to 2004.
Reza Shirmarz has been giving speeches and lectures as a playwright, theater director, researcher, theorist and critic in different performing arts centers in Iran, mostly in Tehran.
Reza Shirmarz became an honorary member of Vanagahan Theater Group in Iran and conducted a number of voice and speech workshops for the actors of the group.
Reza Shirmarz performed some vocal parts of some of the performances of the group in three languages a couple of years ago.