Soudabeh Alishahi

Soudabeh Alishahi (b. 1963) is an Iranian author who lives in Norway. She became the first Oslo City of Refuge writer in 2001. Smile was originally written in Farsi. The translation is a collaboration between Sheida Sangtarash, Siavash Sangtarash, the writer Anne Oterholm and Alishahi herself.