Reza Amirkhani | |
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 Reza Amirkhani in Moscow, 2013 | |
| Native name | رضا امیرخانی |
| Born | 16 May 1973 Tehran, Iran |
| 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 | |
| ermia | |
Reza Amirkhani (Persian: رضا امیرخانی; born 16 May 1973) is a contemporary Iranian novelist.[1]
He started writing in high school with the Ermia novel.[2] 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.[3]
There are also Dastan-e-Sistan and Nasht-e-Nesha written by him that describe some social problems and their solutions.[4] 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.[5]
Works[edit]
- 1996:Ermia
- 2000:Naser Armani (Armenian Nasser- 11 Stories)
- 2002:Az Be (From - To)
- Amirkhani, Reza (2011). MAN-e OU. Nashr-i Ufuq. p. 599. ISBN 978-9-643-69759-4.
- 2003:Dastan-e-Sistan (about ten-day travel with the 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)
- Amirkhani, Reza (2012). A Journey To Afghanistan (Janestan-e-Kabolestan). Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US. p. 354. ISBN 978-9-643-69737-2.
- Amirkhani, Reza (2017). Eghtesade Siasi va Khatte Mashigozarie Omoumi. Nashr-i Nay. ISBN 978-9-641-85508-8.
- 2012:Gheydar (Kedar)
- 2018:Rahesh (An essay about Management and development of urban imbalance)
- 2021: A Half of One-Sixth of Pyongyang
- Amirkhani, Reza (2018). Onun Beni (Its Me). Muhenna Yayınları. p. 340. ISBN 978-6-056-84681-6.
Awards[edit]
- 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.[6]
- For his work "Salvation," Amirkhani was nominated for the Islamic Revolution Artist of the Year award in 2019.
References[edit]
- ^ Nazari, Hossein (2019). "Borders made in Great Britain: in conversation with Reza Amirkhani about his Afghanistan travelogue, Janistan, Kabulistan". Studies in Travel Writing. 23 (1): 53-69. doi:10.1080/13645145.2019.1654653. S2CID 203289429. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ 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[edit]
- 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
- News tag: Reza Amirkhani. Tehran Times
Further reading[edit]
- [1]
- Mostafa, Gorji (2021). "Review and analysis of the novel Rahesh by Reza Amirkhani, starting from Alain de Botton's book Status Anxiety". Contemporary Persian Literature. 10 (10): 329–353. doi:10.30465/COPL.2021.6156 (inactive 31 January 2024). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link) - Amirkhani, Reza; Nazari, Hossein (2021). "In Quest of "the North Korean Human". North Korean Review. 17 (1): 109-120. JSTOR 27033553. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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- ^ "North Korea subject of Reza Amirkhani's next book". Tehran Times.