Mansour Noorbakhsh is an Iranian Canadian poet, story writer and electrical engineer. He writes in both Farsi/Persian and English and lives the Toronto area. Noorbakhsh also hosts The Contemporary Canadian Poets, a weekly Persian radio program in Ottawa. His debut poetry collection in English, In Search of Shared Wishes, was published in e-book format.
Poetry
Till You Recognize Me
Mosaic Press, 2024.
Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)
This stirring collection of poetry from Mansour Noorbakhsh resonates with raw emotion and profound insight. With each verse, readers are drawn into a world where language becomes a conduit for understanding, compassion, and the universal pursuit of love.
Till You Recognize Me heralds Noorbakhsh as a literary force to be reckoned with — a voice that reverberates across generations and continents. Through vivid imagery and evocative metaphors, Noorbakhsh navigates the complexities of human existence while encouraging readers to transcend cultural, religious, and political divides and connect on a human level.
Fiction (Short stories)
Powdery Wings: Stories of Immigration
Mosaic Press, 2024.
Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)
Powdery Wings isn’t just a book—it’s a portal into the kaleidoscope of immigrant experiences that pulse through every corner of our globe. These flash fiction stories explore the varied realities of immigrant experiences which reverberate across all countries, cities, and communities. Thinking about migration or relocating to a new country can be a disorienting experience. In some ways, the immigrant experience is not unlike the dizzying journey taken by the lead character in Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With Powdery Wings, Mansour Noorbakhsh provides sensitivity, insight, and a touch of magic to this significant genre of literature.
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Publisher Mosaic Press