Born in 1962 in Central Iran, Sohrab Rahimi has lived in Sweden since 1986. He has been publishing his poems in Swedish magazins and journals since 1989 and has contributed to Iranian diaspora literary journals. He was the editor of Persian periodical, Asar, published between 1996 and 1998. Rahimi also writes in Swedish and has published poetry, critic and essays in Swedish journals. He is a member of the Swedish Writers’ Association, Swedish PEN, and the Centre of Literary Translators. He has also been invited as guest speaker in colleges and universities.