Najaf Daryabandari

Najaf Daryabandari (; 23 August 1929 – 4 May 2020) was an Iranian writer and translator. He was known for translating works of Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Bertrand Russell, Samuel Beckett and Mark Twain into Persian. 
He started translation at the age of 17 with William Faulkner's book "A Rose for Emily". He was also a writer and wrote "From Garlic to Onion", a two-volume tome on Iranian cuisine. He was born in Abadan, Iran.
Daryabandari died on 4 May 2020 in Tehran at the age of 90.