National Book Award for Translated Literature
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Edition 1 (2018) Nominee
Négar Djavadi
ネガル・ジャヴァディ
Négar Djavadi
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1969-01-01 （Tehran, Pahlavi Iran）
- Nationality
- Iranian, French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Tehran (birth) → France (after immigration)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, screenwriter, film director
- Active Years
- 1995-
- Nominations
- National Book Award for Translated Literature finalist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institut national supérieur des arts du spectacle et des techniques de diffusion (INSAS) | — | Film | — | — | Belgium |
Institut national supérieur des arts du spectacle et des techniques de diffusion (INSAS)
Film
Country:
Belgium
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Prix de L'Autre Monde | Désorientale | — | — | winner |
| 2016 | Prix du Style | Désorientale | — | — | winner |
| 2016 | Prix Emmanuel Roblès | Désorientale | — | — | winner |
| 2016 | Prix Première | Désorientale | — | — | winner |
| 2016 | Prix littéraire de la Porte Dorée | Désorientale | — | — | winner |
| 2016 | Prix du Roman News | Désorientale | — | — | winner |
| 2019 | Lambda Literary Award (Bisexual Fiction) | Disoriental | Bisexual Fiction | — | winner |
| 2019 | Van Cleef & Arpels Albertine Prize | Disoriental | — | — | winner |
Prix de L'Autre Monde
2016
Work:
Désorientale
Result:
winner
Prix du Style
2016
Work:
Désorientale
Result:
winner
Prix Emmanuel Roblès
2016
Work:
Désorientale
Result:
winner
Prix Première
2016
Work:
Désorientale
Result:
winner
Prix littéraire de la Porte Dorée
2016
Work:
Désorientale
Result:
winner
Prix du Roman News
2016
Work:
Désorientale
Result:
winner
Lambda Literary Award (Bisexual Fiction)
2019
Work:
Disoriental
Category:
Bisexual Fiction
Result:
winner
Van Cleef & Arpels Albertine Prize
2019
Work:
Disoriental
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Désorientale
2016 novelA story exploring family memories and identity after the Iranian Revolution.
exilefamilyidentity
Translations
- English: Disoriental (trans. Tina Kover, 2018)
Bibliography
- Désorientale (2016)
- L'Espace désolé (1995, short film)
- Entre les vagues (1997, short film)
- Comédie classique (2001, short film)
- Jeanne, à petits pas... (2005, short film)
- 13 m² (2007, feature film)
- Né sous silence (2018, TV film)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyricalepic
- Recurring Motifs
- pain of exilefamily memories
Legacy
Iranian-born French novelist acclaimed for exile literature, winner of multiple literary awards.
Trivia
- Father is the renowned Iranian writer Asghar Sayyed Javadi.
- Fled to France shortly after the Iranian Revolution.