Reza Amirkhani
Reza Amirkhani | |
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Native name | رضا امیرخانی |
Born | Tehran, Iran | 16 May 1973
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | Persian |
Education | Mechanical engineering |
Alma mater | Sharif University of Technology |
Notable awards | Jalal Al-e-Ahmad Literary Award |
Children | Ali & Hanif |
Website | |
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Reza Amirkhani (Persian: رضا امیرخانی; born 16 May 1973) is a contemporary Iranian novelist.
He started writing at high school with "Ermia" novel.[1] He has studied mechanical engineering at Sharif University of Technology and is a graduate of National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents; he also writes essays and researches about scientific & social problems.[2]
There are also Dastan-e-Sistan and Nasht-e-Nesha written by him that describes some social problems and their solutions.[3] Man-e-oo (His Ego) is one of Amirkhani's most well-known works, having been reprinted 38 times. It has been translated into Arabic, Russian, and Turkish.[4]
Works
- 1996:Ermia
- 2000:Naser Armani (Armenian Nasser- 11 Stories)
- 2002:Az Be (From - To)
- 2000:Man-e-oo (His Ego)
- 2003:Dastan-e-Sistan (about ten day travel with supreme leader of Iran)
- 2005:Nasht-e-Nesha (an article about Iranian brain drain)
- 2008:Bi Vatan ("Homelandless")
- 2010:Sar-Lohe-Ha ( His notes in Louh website)
- 2010:Nafahat -e- naft (an essay about oil management)
- 2010:Jaanestaan-e-Kaabulistan (Afghanistan Itinerary after 2009 election in Iran)
- 2012:Gheydar (Kedar)
- 2018:Rahesh (An essay about Management and development of urban imbalance)
- 2021: A Half of One-Sixth of Pyongyang
Awards
- Reza Amirkhani's work "Salvation" ("Rahesh"), about the effects of urban expansion on a young couple living in Tehran, was named best novel at the 11th Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards.[5]
- For his work "Salvation," Amirkhani was nominated for the Islamic Revolution Artist of the Year award in 2019.
References
- ^ Behnegarsoft.com (13 February 2010). "IBNA - Soureh Mehr as the most expensive Holy Defence publisher". Iran's Book News Agency (IBNA). Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Rights to Persian novel sold to Armenian publishing house". MEHR News Agency.
- ^ "No fictions picked for Jalal Al-Ahmad & Book of the Year Award". Ibna.ir. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Persian novel "His Ego" published in Indonesian". TEHRAN TIMES.
- ^ "Reza Amirkhani's "Salvation" named best novel at Jalal literary awards". TEHRAN TIMES.
External links
- Author's website
- "Award for Twenty Years of Holy Writing Written by the Ministry of Guidance in Year 79". 3 March 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- Home-less-ness: a novel by Reza Amirkhani