Daryabandari began his translation career at the age of 18 with short works by William Faulkner.
Translation of some of Ernest Hemingway’s masterpieces, such as “Farewell to Arms” and “The Old Man and the Sea” are among his masterworks.
Other works by Najaf Daryabandari include the translation of “The Prophet and the Madman” by Gibran Khalil Gibran, “Ragtime” and “Billy Bathgate” by Edgar Lawrence Doctorow, “A Rose for Emily” and “As I Lay Dying” by William Faulkner and ” A History of Western Philosophy ” by Bertrand Russell.
Daryabandari received the Thornton Wilder Prize from Columbia University for translating American literary works.
In 2017, Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) named Daryabandari as a “Living Human Treasure”.
