Arash Allahverdi is a poet and critic. His first book of poetry, [Fury] (2007), was published in an electronic format. His second book, [The Book of Blood], was planned to be published in 2010, but failed to obtain a publication license. It was published as an e-book in the following year. His work has been translated into English, Danish, and Kurdish. His poems in English have appeared in Tripwire, Asymptote, and PARAGRAPHITI, and anthologized in I AM A FACE SYMPATHIZING WITH YOUR GRIEF (co-im-press, 2015). He worked as a journalist and is currently Education Manager at Iran Language Institute. He studied Economics of Art and is a member of the Iranian Writers' Association. He lives in Tehran.