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Nahid Rachlin (1939-2025) Novelist. Nahid Rachlin was born in Ahvaz, Iran, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Nahid Rachlin

Locations

New YorkSuffolk

Author's Timeline


1939

Birth

Nahid Rachlin was born Nahid Bozorgmehri in Ahvaz, Iran, on June 6, 1939.

1960s

Other Life Event

New York County: Ms. Rachlin came to New York City in the 1960s and enrolled at the New School in Manhattan, New York.

1960s and 70s

Other Life Event

Suffolk County: Ms. Rachlin and her husband lived for a time in Stony Brook, New York, in the 1960s and 70s.

1978

Literary Work

Foreigner
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Novel.

1983

Literary Work

Married to a Stranger
E. P. Dutton, Inc.
0525241957 / 978-0525241959
Novel.

1992

Literary Work

Veils
City Lights Books
Collection of short stories.

1995

Literary Work

The Heart’s Desire
City Lights Publishers
0872863050 / 978-0872863057
Novel.

2006

Literary Work

Persian Girls
Tarcher
1585425206 / 978-1585425204
Memoir.

2006

Literary Work

Jumping Over Fire
City Lights Publishers
0872864529 / 978-0872864528
Novel.

2018

Literary Work

A Way Home
Ravenna Press
0999592130 / 978-0999592137
Collection of short stories.

2024

Literary Work

Mirage
Red Hen Press
1636281141 / 978-1636281148
Novel.

2025

Death

New York County: Nahid Rachlin died in a hospital in Manhattan, New York, on April 30, 2025.

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