Sholeh Wolpé

Sholeh Wolpé
Wolpé in 2013; photo by Jordan Elgrably
Native name
شعله ولپی
Born1962 (age 6263)
Tehran, Iran
OccupationPoet, playwright, librettist, editor, literary translator
Alma materGeorge Washington University,
Northwestern University,
Johns Hopkins University
Website
www.sholehwolpe.com

Sholeh Wolpé (Persian: شعله ولپی; born 1962) is an Iranian-born American poet, playwright, librettist, and literary translator. She was born in Iran and grew up there until the age of 13. After that she lived in Trinidad and England during her teenage years before settling in the United States. She lives in Spain and California.