Shahla Lahiji
Shahla Lahiji (born 1942) (Template:PerB) is an Iranian (Persian) writer, publisher, translator, and director of Roshangaran, a prominent publishing house of books on women's issues.
Lahiji was one of 19 writers and intellectuals prosecuted for participating in an academic and cultural conference sponsored by the Heinrich Böll Institute in Berlin on April 7 through 9, 2000 at which political and social reform in Iran were publicly debated.
Honours and Awards
- 2001 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
- 2006 IPA Publishers' Freedom Prize
External links
- Hajir Palaschi, "Interview with Shahla Lahiji on Women's Presence in the Labor Market: No Vocation Must Be Prohibited for Women"
- Tehran's Women Cultural Center Holds Ceremony in honor of Ms Shahla Lahiji
See also
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