NILOUFAR TALEBI is a writer, librettist, award-winning translator, and multidisciplinary artist. She is the editor/translator of Belonging: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World (North Atlantic Books, 2008), and creator/performer of multimedia works based on her translations. Her operas and other texts for classical music have been commissioned by and presented at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Brooklyn Academy of Music. Talebi’s work received accolades from the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, SF Classical Voice, and Huffington Post.