Reza Amirkhani

Summary

Reza Amirkhani (Persian: رضا امیرخانی; born 16 May 1973) is a contemporary Iranian novelist.[1]

Reza Amirkhani
Reza Amirkhani in Moscow, 2013
Reza Amirkhani in Moscow, 2013
Native name
رضا امیرخانی
Born (1973-05-16) 16 May 1973 (age 50)
Tehran, Iran
OccupationNovelist
LanguagePersian
EducationMechanical engineering
Alma materSharif University of Technology
Notable awardsJalal Al-e-Ahmad Literary Award
ChildrenAli & Hanif
Website
ermia.ir

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]

Reza Amirkhani receipting Award from Reza Salehi Amiri, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Rouhani government, in Closing Ceremony of ninth Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Award

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). 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Rights to Persian novel sold to Armenian publishing house". MEHR News Agency.
  4. ^ "No fictions picked for Jalal Al-Ahmad & Book of the Year Award". Ibna.ir. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Persian novel "His Ego" published in Indonesian". TEHRAN TIMES.
  6. ^ "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.
  1. ^ "North Korea subject of Reza Amirkhani's next book". Tehran Times.