Maryam Raeesdana was born in Tehran, Iran on Dec. 11, 1967. She grew up in the cities of Abadan, Busher and Tehran.
She received her undergraduate degree from The Azad University Foreign Language, Tehran/ Iran in 1997, majoring in French language and Translation.
Maryam Raeesdana has been active as a writer, poet, translator, journalist, and critic in the literary world of Iran since 1989.
Publication of her first three books “Forgotten writings of Sadegh Hedayat”,
“Viewpoints and Critiques on Hedayat”, and “Assessment of Sadegh Hadayat works and ideas” anticipated few years of delay. Other literary works of Maryam in the field of short story, poetry, and translation have been published in Iran. Since her short stories’ collection, “Passage”, which was first published in 2003, some of her books did not find the prospect to get published because of censorship such as Matalak Patalak, in genre of satire which was later published by Amazon U.S.A in 2015. Translation of “The Lost Time”, poems of French poet Jacques Prevert, including his biography, artistic and political timeline is another of her works. Maryam’s most recent work “Sayeh Asoorik”, a book of her poetry, was published in Iran, in 2018.
Two of her stories “An Island in The Heart of The Greater Tehran” and “The Sound Of A” received respectively the first and third prize of “Sadegh Hedayat Prize” and “Isfehan Short Stories Festival” in 2003 and 2002. Unfortunately, up until today, after 16 years, “An Island…” has not received the official’s permission for publication in Iran.

Maryam has immigrated twice; in 2006 from Tehran to Paris, France and on 2010 from Paris to California, United States.
Complete Biography-
Born: 1967 Tehran, Iran
Education: Undergraduate degree, French Language, Tehran Azad University
Places of Residence:
Iran: Tehran 1967-1971, Abadan 1971-1979, Tehran 1979-1980, Bushehr 1980-1985, Tehran 1986-2006
France, Paris 2006-2010
U.S.A., California 2010
Employments: Maryam Raeesdana worked many years at Negah Publication and Adyneh Magazine as proofreader and editor. She also got her professional experiences working as journalist, reporter and translator in various print medias and enterprises in Iran, such as Zanan, Hamshahrie, Sobhe Emrooz, Azad, Gozareshe Rooz, Sabz dar Sabz, Fasle Sabz, …
And post her immigration, she has continued her professional work in the same fields with Radio Zamaneh, and the other medias.
She has worked in Education and Teaching field as instructor at ValiAsr, the College of Arts, Tehran.
Worked as translator for the office of international public relations, Saipa Cultural-Athletic Club.