Name of Iran their country "Arya", "Iran", "Iranshahr", "Iranzamin" (Land of Iran), "Aryānām" (the equivalent of "Iran" in the proto-Iranian language) or its equivalents. The term "Arya" has been used by the Iranian people, as well as by the rulers and emperors of Iran, from the time of the Avesta. Evidently from the time of the Sassanids (226–651 CE) Iranians have called it "Iran", meaning "the land of Aryans" and "Iranshahr". In Middle Persian sources, the name "Arya" and "Iran" is used for the pre-Sassanid Iranian empires as well as the Sassanid empire. As an example, the use of the name "Iran" for
Self-translation Some of the prominent self-translators from India are Rabindranath Tagore, Girish Karnad, Kamala Das, Qurratulain Hyder. Self-translations by Italian writers have been offered, at various times, by Fausto Cercignani, Italo Calvino, Beppe Fenoglio, Carlo Goldoni, Luigi Pirandello, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and others. Self-translation is prominent amongst Catalan, Galician and Basque writers. The most well known self-translators are Carme Riera (Catalan-Spanish), Manuel Rivas (Galician-Spanish) and Bernardo Atxaga (Basque-Spanish). Scottish Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean is mostly known for his self-translations into English. Some of the prominent self-translators in the USA are Raymond Federman (English-French), Rosario Ferré (Spanish-English), Rolando Hinojosa-Smith (Spanish-English) and Ariel Dorfman