Payman Jahanbin

Payman Jahanbin was born in Iran in 1951. He is a prolific, published, and award winning writer in his native Farsi language. While still in high school in Iran, he published several books of short stories, which preceded many plays, poems, and short stories. In college, Mr. Jahanbin published a magazine called 'From Poetry to Plays.'

As a freelance journalist, he has published over 300 articles in The Kayhan of London, The Ettela'at, Peygam-e Emruz, Ferdowsi of Iran, and the Salt Lake Tribune. Jahanbin has a degree from Pahlavi University in Shiraz, Iran. He received his teaching certificate and theatre degree from Westminster College and a Masters of Arts and Humanity, Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Utah.