Mehri kashani

She was born in Tehran, daughter of Mohammad-Taghi and Ozra Lankarani. Theirs was a traditional and religious family, but one open to liberal thinking and with a love of books, which influenced Mehri’s own passion for reading and writing. She married Hamid Kashani, an entrepreneur who in the early 1970s set up the first department store in Iran. Mehri devoted her life in Tehran to raising her children, writing and charitable work. After the revolution she settled in London, where her literary career took off. She self-published her writings in small volumes, or online. Her work received solid critical acclaim, including praise from the poet and critic Esmail Khoi. The Thursday Gathering, a monthly literary event held at her home, attracted a wide range of new and established poets, writers, artists, musicians and performers.