Elizabeth Fatemeh Pakravan wife of the late General Pakravan and mother of Author Saideh Pakravan passed away on Dec 7th 2014.

Her life and cosmopolitan background ( Persian, Polish and Russian) was the subject of a fascinating biography by Habib Lajevardi published in 1998 as part of Harvard University's Iranian Oral History series ( available here) and was also published in French in 2007 under the title Ombre du Vent: Lumière de mes yeux..  

Related Photo Essay on her daughter Saïdeh Pakravan: 


HEARD THIS MORNING: Saïdeh Pakravan Poems & novel presentation at A.U. in Paris