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Sudabeh Mohafez
Sudabeh Mohafez at the Hausacher Leselenz 2015.
Born1963
Tehran, Iran
NationalityGerman
OccupationWriter

Sudabeh Mohafez (Persian: سودابه محافظ, born 1963 in Tehran, Iran) is a German author.

Biography

Sudabeh Mohafez was born in 1963 in Tehran to a German mother and an Iranian father, and grew up there.[1] In her family they spoke German, Persian and French.[2] In 1979, in the wake of the Iranian Revolution, the family moved to West Berlin.[3] Sudabeh Mohafez studied music, English studies and pedagogy.[4] She worked at various Non-governmental organizations in the field of violence prevention.[5] Having started in 1999, she started to make literary contributions to magazines and Anthology, and she lived from 2001 as a literary editor, translator in and director of writing workshops in Berlin. After a few years living in Lisbon, she works today as a freelance writer in Stuttgart.

Sudabeh Mohafez is author of narratives, novels and theaterplays. She received several literary scholarships and received in 2006 the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize. In the summer semester 2007, she received the Poetics lecturer: young authors of the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences. In January 2008, her literary blog [6] was awarded with the Isla-Volante Literature Prize,[7] while in May of the same year she won the MDR-Literaturpreis.[8]

Works

  • Wüstenhimmel Sternenland, Erzählungen. Arche Verlag Zürich/Hamburg 2004, ISBN 978-3716023327
  • Gespräch in Meeresnähe, Roman. Arche Verlag, Zürich/Hamburg 2005, ISBN 978-3716023464
  • brennt, Roman. DuMont Verlag, Köln 2010, ISBN 978-3832195731
  • das zehn-zeilen-buch", 52 ultra kurzgeschichten. Edition AZUR, Dresden 2010, ISBN 978-3-9812804-6-3
  • Vorlesungen der Wiesbadener Poetikdozentur. In: nehmen sie mich beim wort im kreuzverhör. Fischer Verlag, 2010. ISBN 978-3-596-18407-1
  • Das Eigenartige Haus, Graphic Novel (Illustr. v. Rittiner und Gomez[9]). edition taberna kritika, Bern 2012, ISBN 978-3-905846-19-5

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Poetikdozentur: junge Autoren - Sudabeh Mohafez". Hochschule RheinMain University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden Rüsselsheim. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Blickpunkt Iran in Salzburg". DERSTANDARD. derStandard.at. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Blickpunkt Iran in Salzburg". DERSTANDARD. derStandard.at. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Poetikdozentur: junge Autoren - Sudabeh Mohafez". Hochschule RheinMain University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden Rüsselsheim. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Poetikdozentur: junge Autoren - Sudabeh Mohafez". Hochschule RheinMain University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden Rüsselsheim. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  6. ^ ten lines
  7. ^ htm Isla-Volante Literature Prize
  8. ^ 5215584.html MDR Literature Competition
  9. ^ das eigenartige haus | rittiner gomez
  10. ^ Writer in Residence Queen Mary University of London
  11. ^ Writer in Residence Nottingham/UK
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