Lili Golestan

Lili Golestan
لیلی گلستان
Lili with her brother Kaveh Golestan in 1970
Born
Lili Golestan Taghavi Shirazi

(1944-07-14)14 July 1944
OccupationsTranslator, Gallerist
TitleChevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques
SpouseNemat Haghighi (1969–1974; div)
ChildrenMani Haghighi
Parents
RelativesKaveh Golestan (brother)

Lili Golestan Taghavi Shirazi (Persian: لیلی گلستان تقوی شیرازی; born 14 July 1944 in Tehran) is an Iranian translator, and owner and artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran. She is the daughter of the filmmaker and writer Ebrahim Golestan and Fakhri Golestan, the sister of the late photojournalist Kaveh Golestan and the mother of filmmaker Mani Haghighi. She spent a number of her formative years in Abadan, where her father worked as a filmmaker.