Nasrina Rezaei
نسرینا رضایی
Nasrina Rezaei was born in Tehran in 1991. Her poetry moves through silence, memory and the intimate spaces of the self, often speaking from a woman’s gaze within society. She lives in Cyprus, where she continues to write.
Each of her books ends with a poem that carries her name.
Books
| 2026 | The Gathering of Solitude — poems, English edition |
| 2025 | The Gathering of Solitude — poems, Persian, Sadeh |
| 2018 | Princesses Don’t Show Their Bones — short stories, Persian, Morvarid |
| 2018 | Our Dreams Grew Old with Us — anthology, her poems in Armenian translation |
| 2016 | Words Have Bruised My Body — poems, Persian, Cheshmeh |
Questions
Who is Nasrina Rezaei?
Nasrina Rezaei was born in Tehran in 1991. Her poetry moves through silence, memory and the intimate spaces of the self, often speaking from a woman’s gaze within society. She lives in Cyprus, where she continues to write. She writes in Persian and publishes her poems in English as well.
What is her name in Persian?
نسرینا رضایی.
What books has Nasrina Rezaei written?
The Gathering of Solitude (poems; Persian, Sadeh, 2025; English edition, 2026), Princesses Don’t Show Their Bones (short stories, Morvarid, 2018), Words Have Bruised My Body (poems, Cheshmeh, 2016), and her poems in Armenian translation in the anthology Our Dreams Grew Old with Us (2018).
Where does she live?
In Cyprus.
How can I contact her?
By email at nasrinarezaei@gmail.com or on Instagram, @nasrina.rezaei.author.
Contact
For readings, interviews and translations: nasrinarezaei@gmail.com. New poems appear on Instagram and in the notebook.
