Saeed Yousef, University of Chicago. Poet, translator and literary critic.
Studied Persian, English and German literature in Mashhad, Tehran and Frankfurt am Main.
PhD in comparative literature from Toronto.

Numerous articles (mostly in Persian); editor of Poetry Periodical (1995-1996); has also published some books, including:

A translation into Persian of Human Beginnings by Olivia Vlahos (Tehran: Toos, 1978)
She’r-e jonbesh-e novin [Poetry of the new movement], poems (Tehran: Toos, 1979)
Zan setare-y sukhte-y donbaaledar [Of the burnt comet], poems (Germany: Hava-ye Taze, 1984)
Sorudhaye setayesh [Songs of praise], translation of 120 poems by Bertolt Brecht (Paris: Khavaran, 1985)

Now’i az naqd bar now’i az she’r [A kind of criticism of a kind of poetry] (Saarbrücken: Navid, 1986)
Ta’ammoli dar rah [Contemplation on the way], selected poems (Tehran: Seda, 1994)
Ghobar-rubi [Dusting], selected poems II (Sweden: Baran, 1994)
Jan-bakhtegan be bu-ye farda’i now [Fallen, aspiring to a better tomorrow], long poem (Paris: Noghteh, 2003)

Poetics and Politics – East and West: The Poetries of Ahmad Shamlu and Bertolt Brecht (Canadas: Javan, 2007)