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Distinguished Professor of History

An interview with Sirees and excerpt readings in his voice are available on the publishers website

Abbas Kiarostami 2/e Jenny Davies and capacious life in theNew conversations on the Iranian filmmaking legend Before his death in 2016, Abbas Kiarostami wrote or directed more than thirty films in a career that mirrored Iranian cinema's rise as an international force. His 1997 feature Taste of Cherry made him the first Iranian filmmaker to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Critics' polls continue to place Close Up (1990) and Through the Olive Trees (1994) among the masterpieces of world cinema. Yet Kiarostami's