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Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

アザレン・ヴァン・デル・フリート・オロミ

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1983 （Los Angeles, California, U.S.）
Nationality
Iranian-American
Languages
English
Residence History
Iran → Spain → United States → Scotland → United Arab Emirates

Career

Occupations
writer, associate professor
Active Years
2012-
Affiliations
University of Notre Dame
Influenced By
Jorge Luis Borges
Nominations
PEN Open Book Award longlist (Call Me Zebra)

Education

University of California, San Diego
Latin American studies and creative writing
Degree: BA
Country: United States
Brown University
fiction
Degree: MFA
Country: United States

Awards

Whiting Award
2015
Category: Fiction
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: Won
John Gardner Fiction Book Award
2019
Work: Call Me Zebra
Result: Won
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
2019
Work: Call Me Zebra
Organization: PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Fra Keeler

2012 novel

Call Me Zebra

2018 bildungsroman

A library within a library, a Borges-esque labyrinth of references from all cultures.

Translations
  • Italian, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Romanian

Savage Tongues

2021 novel

Bibliography

  • Fra Keeler (2012)
  • Call Me Zebra (2018)
  • Savage Tongues (2021)

Translations of Works

  • Works translated into Italian, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Romanian

Legacy

Known for winning the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.