TEHRAN – “Blue Me, Green Me”, a collection of 32 vivid and imaginative poems by Iranian poet Safura Nayyeri has been published in English.

Translated by Rokhsareh Charney and Joshua Charney, the book has been published by the CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, a self-publishing service owned by Amazon and based in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

“Blue Me, Green Me” is originally published in Persian by Tuka Publication in 2014 in Tehran. 

The book is the winner of the Yamini Sharif Prize for the best youth poetry book in 2014 and is also the winner of the prestigious Little Black Fish Award from the Iranian Children’s Book Council.

Photo: Front cover of the English version of “Blue Me, Green Me” by Safura Nayyeri

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