National Book Award for Translated Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2022) Longlisted
Shahriar Mandanipour
シャフリヤール・マンダニプール
Shahriar Mandanipour
Aliases:
Shahriar Mondanipour
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-02-15 （Shiraz, Iran）
- Nationality
- Iranian
- Languages
- Persian, English
- Residence History
- Shiraz, Iran → Tehran, Iran → Providence, USA → Cambridge, USA → Boston, USA
Career
- Occupations
- writer, journalist, literary theorist, editor, professor
- Active Years
- 1985-
- Affiliations
- Hafiz Research Center, National Library of Fars, Asr-e Panjshanbeh, Brown University, Harvard University, Boston College, Tufts University
- Influenced By
- Houshang Golshiri
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tehran | — | Political Sciences | — | 1975-1980 | Iran |
University of Tehran
Political Sciences
Period:
1975-1980
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
Iran
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Best Film Critique | — | — | Press Festival in Tehran | win |
| 1998 | Golden Tablet Award | — | 最優秀フィクション | — | win |
| 2004 | Mehregan Award | — | 最優秀イラン児童小説 | — | win |
| 2010 | Athens Prize for Literature | Censoring an Iranian Love Story | — | — | win |
Best Film Critique
1994
Organization:
Press Festival in Tehran
Result:
win
Golden Tablet Award
1998
Category:
最優秀フィクション
Result:
win
Mehregan Award
2004
Category:
最優秀イラン児童小説
Result:
win
Athens Prize for Literature
2010
Work:
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
Result:
win
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Seasons of Purgatory
2022 NovelA surreal novel set against contemporary Iranian society.
censorshiplovereality and illusion
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
2009 NovelA love story in Iran intertwined with the author's struggle against censorship.
censorshipromanceIranian society
Translations
- Italian, French, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, Polish, Greek, Korean
Bibliography
- Seasons of Purgatory
- Moon Brow
- Censoring an Iranian Love Story
- The Courage of Love
- The Shadows of the Cave
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- creative use of symbols and metaphorsinventive experimentation with language, time, and spaceunique surreal world
- Recurring Motifs
- horrors of warcensorship and realitystruggles with identity
Legacy
Regarded as one of the most accomplished writers of contemporary Iranian literature, exploring expression under censorship.
Quotes
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Literature is the alchemy of transforming reality into words and creating a new phenomenon called fictional reality.
Source: The Book of Shahrzad's Ghosts (2004)
Trivia
- Began writing at age fourteen.
- Volunteered for the front during the Iran-Iraq War.