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Shirin Nezammafi

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Shirin Nezammafi (Persian: شیرین نظام‌مافی; Japanese: シリン・ネザマフィ) is an Iranian writer who resides in Japan. Though her native language is Persian, she writes in Japanese. She is fluent in English, Persian and Japanese.

Biography

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Nezammafi was born in Tehran in Iran, and moved to Japan in 1999. [1] Shirin Nezammafi is a graduate of Kobe University, where she received her B.S. in Systems Engineering in 2004 and her M.S. in Information Technology in 2006.[2] After graduation she joined Panasonic Corporation in Japan.[3] She is currently working at the Dubai subsidiary.

Nezammafi won the Bungakukai Shinjinsho Award (the New Authors Prize) in 2009 for her second book, White Paper.[4] She was the second non-Japanese author to accomplish so (and the first from a nation whose native tongue does not utilize Chinese characters).[5][6] In 2009, Nezammafi was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize and is the third writer from a country that doesn't use kanji to ever to be nominated for it.[7][8][9]

Publications

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  • "Shiroikami / Salam" (Bungeishunju, 2009-8-7, ISBN 4163284109)[10]

Among her other works are:

Prizes

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  • 2006, Won the Ryugakusei Bungakusho ("Salam")[15]
  • 2009-4, Won the 108th Bungakukai shinjinsho ("Shiroikami")[16]
  • 2009-7, Shortlisted for the 141st Akutagawa Prize ("Shiroikami")[17]
  • 2010-7, Shortlisted for the 143rd Akutagawa Prize ("Hakudou")[18]

Other activities

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  • Appearing in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs official video, Omotenashi: Japan Fascinating Diversity, 2012
  • Commemorative lecture at Kobe University entrance ceremony of the academic year 2012

References

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  1. ^ "Shirin Nezammafi". nippon.com.
  2. ^ "Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World"". University of Pennsylvania.
  3. ^ "文学界新人賞 パナソニックSE・ネザマフィさんに聞く". Asahi Newspaper. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
  4. ^ "Iranian's novel nominated for 2nd book award". Iran Times International.
  5. ^ "Contributor Shirin Nezammafi". WORDS without BORDERS.
  6. ^ Bett, Sam (2018). "Beyond the Circle: Minority Voices of Japan". Words Without Borders. Japan. ISSN 1936-1459.
  7. ^ "IN THE NEWS / Iranian writer finds her voice in Japanese". Financial Times Ltd.
  8. ^ "Iranian writer up for Akutagawa Prize". The Japan Times Online. 2009-07-03. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  9. ^ "Iranian woman wins Japan literary award for newcomers". Payvand.
  10. ^ "Shiroi kami Saramu by Shirin Nezammafi". Internet Archive.
  11. ^ "Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World"". University of Pennsylvania.
  12. ^ "An Iranian Novelist Who Publishes in Japanese Has Been Nominated For A Prestigious Award". The Wall Street Journal.
  13. ^ "Japan's Iran moment". International Herald Tribune.
  14. ^ "Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World"". University of Pennsylvania.
  15. ^ "In the News: New Nabokov, Full Flaubert". The New Yorker.
  16. ^ "Contributor Shirin Nezammafi". WORDS without BORDRES.
  17. ^ "Iranian woman's challenge". Financial Times Ltd.
  18. ^ "The changing book world". The Japan Times Online. 2009-07-03. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-07-19.

External links/References

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