Mahnaz Badihian is an Iranian American poet, painter, translator, and novelist whose work has been published in multiple languages worldwide. Her most recent work, Azizam: A Woman’s Flight from Silence to Flame (2025), is a novel exploring themes of resilience, exile, and love. She is also the founder and editor of MahMag dot org, a multilingual literary magazine dedicated to bringing together poets from around the globe.
Her previous books include the Pushcart-nominated poetry collection Ask the Wind (Vagabond, 2022), Raven of Isfahan (2019), and the international anthology Plague 2020: A World Anthology of Poetry and Art about COVID-19, which she edited. Her work has been featured in Prairie Schooner, Rhino Poetry, Poetry Flash, The Dhaka Review, Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, and numerous international anthologies.
Mahnaz has presented her poetry at festivals and conferences worldwide, including Nepal, Italy, Cuba, Chile, Kerala, and Peru, and she continues to represent Iranian and global voices on the international stage.
