Nassim Khaksar was born in the Abadan in 1944.

He began writing fiction in 1966. Two collections of his short stories, The Grocer of Kharzeville and Between Two Doors, have been published, as well as his novel Windmills and Lashes. He has also published a collection of plays called Under the Roof, and an account of his travels to Tajikistan. A number of his stories and plays have been translated to German, English, French and Dutch.