Sarvin Parviz

Writer/Artist

Sarvin Parviz (she/her) is a multi-genre writer & interdisciplinary artist born in Tehran, Iran. Her repertoire includes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, libretti, plays, collages, mixed-media paintings, time-based art, installations and photography. She is the winner of Graduate and Professional Council Award in Creative Activities (2024) and a semifinalist in the European Opera-directing Prize (2025) who developed her first opera at Guerilla Opera Writing Collective (2025). Her song cycle, S(or)i, was developed at FUSE: Collaborations in Song and had its world premiere at MIT in 2025 and her new song-cycle will be premiered in Boston in Fall 2026.

Her work has appeared in The Common, Fractured Lit, Grain Magazine, The Indianapolis Review, Apple Valley Review among others. She holds an MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and is based in Boston. Currently, three of her libretti are being set to music: “Sisters in Song” for a women’s choir (in collab. with composer Arturo Fernandez & artist Saba Raeissian), Songcycle on the internet shutdown in Iran (with composer Bahar Royaei), and her first opera “Mary, Maria, Maryam” (with composer Arezou Rezaei). Among her upcoming projects are: an art installation, a micro-fiction collection, and essay collection.

Sarvin’s writing is an archeology of the self, on hope, loss, grief, identity, belonging, home, community, friendship and being an Iranian in diaspora. She’s interested in genre-bending, medium-hopping and collaboration.

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