Kaveh Akbar

Kaveh Akbar was born in Tehran in 1989. He published two poetry collections, the first of which was *Calling a Wolf a Wolf* (*Den Wolf einen Wolf nennen*). His poems appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times, Poetry Magazine, Best American Poetry, The New Republic, and The Paris Review. Akbar taught creative writing at the University of Iowa, Randolph College, and Warren Wilson College. *Martyr!* (*Märtyrer!*) is his first novel and appeared on the New York Times bestseller list.