Iranian translator and artist Lili Golestan is to be honored with France’s high cultural distinction dubbed the Order of Academic Palms.

French Ambassador to Iran Bruno Foucher will award the medal to the Iranian artist at the Embassy in Tehran on November 17. Press TV reported.

The Order of Academic Palms is an Order of Chivalry of France, which is awarded to distinguished academics and figures in the world of culture and education.

Golestan who has a hand in various arts is also the artistic director of Golestan Gallery in Tehran.

Born in 1944, Golestan studied dress and textile design at the National School of Decorative Arts (École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs) in Paris.

She also attended classes on world art history and French literature at “La Sorbonne.”

She translated many books from the world literature into Persian, most of which have been republished several times. More.

See: Iran Daily

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