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Akram Osman

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Mohammad Akram Osman
Native name
محمد اکرم عثمان
Born(1937-05-02)May 2, 1937
Herat, Afghanistan
DiedAugust 11, 2016(2016-08-11) (aged 79)
Jönköping, Sweden
OccupationShort story writer, novelist, diplomat, historian, literary scholar
LanguagePersian/Dari
EducationPhD in political science
Alma materFaculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran
Notable worksکوچۀ ما Our Street, مرداره قول اس Real Men Keep Their Word, وقتی که نیها گل میکنند When the Reeds Bloom, مرد و نامرد The Hero and the Coward

Mohammad Akram Osman (May 2, 1937 – August 11, 2016) was an Afghan short-story writer, novelist and intellectual. He was born in Herat, Afghanistan. He has his PhD from the faculty of Law and political science at Tehran University. He has worked, for years, as narrator and writer of several social – cultural programs in Afghanistan's Radio and Television. He has been head of the Art and Literature Department at Radio Afghanistan[1] for some period.[2][3][4][5][6][7][non-primary source needed][8][9][10][11][12]

Akram Osman has the Candidate to Academician title from the Science Academy of Afghanistan and he has been in charge of the History and Law Institutes at the Science Academy of Afghanistan.

He has served as president of Afghanistan's Writers Association too.

His last appointments were in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. Osman has worked from January 1990 to April 1991 as Afghan Consul General in the first Afghan consulate in the city of Dushanbe capital of Tajikistan, and from August 1991 to May 1992 he worked as Afghan Chargé d’affaires in Afghan Embassy in Tehran.

Osman has been a member of Swedish Writers’ Union.[13]

Osman has been head of Afghans’ Pen Club[14] in Stockholm, Sweden. The magazine Farda[15] was published by Afghan Pen Club in Stockholm under his supervision.

In February 2014 the Presidency of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan gave a medal (مدال غازی میر مسجدی خان) of honorary recognition to Osman for his contributions to Afghanistan and Afghan literature.

The Afghan film has produced two films based on two short stories by Osman. The films are based on the short stories Real Men Keep Their Word[16] and The Deceptive Object.[17]

Osman and his family emigrated to Sweden on August 28, 1992. He died[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] in the city of Jönköping, Sweden August 11, 2016. He is buried in the Eastern cemetery[32] in the city of Jönköping. Akram Osman was married to Maliha Osman, they have three children, one daughter Arzo Osman and two sons Maiwand Osman & Omid Osman.[33]

The ninth annual Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards[citation needed], Iran's most lucrative literary prize, paid tribute to Osman, the celebrated Afghan writer.[34][35]

Publications in Persian language

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  • وقتی که نیها گل میکنند When the Reeds Bloom (Collection of Short Stories), published by Afghanistan Writer Association at 1985.
  • درز دیوار A Crack in the Wall (Collection of Short Stories), published by Baihaqi Book Press, Kabul at 1987.
  • مرداره قول اس Real Men Keep Their Word (Collection of Short Stories), published by Afghanistan Writer Association at 1988.
  • مرداره قول اس Real Men Keep Their Word (Collection of Short Stories), published by Maiwand Publications, Peshawar 1989.
  • قحط سالی Famine (Collection of Short Stories), published by Afghans’ Pen Club in Stockholm, Baran 2003, Stockholm, 91-631-4540-5
  • باز آفریده Recreated (Collection of Short Stories), published by Cultural Cooperation Association Qara Kamar in Sweden, Peshawar 2005
  • کوچۀ ما Our Street (Novel), published by Kaweh verlag, Germany 2005, 91-631-7847-8
  • مرداره قول اس Real Men Keep Their Word (Collection of Short Stories), New edition, published by CADA/Op Mercy Afghanistan, Kabul 2006
  • مرداره قول اس Real Men Keep Their Word (Collection of Short Stories), New edition, published by CADA/Op Mercy Afghanistan, Kabul 2010
  • کوچۀ ما Our Street (Novel), published by Mohammad Ibrahim Shariati Afghanistani (Erfan), 1st Edition, Tehran, Iran, 2009, 978-964-04-4314-9, 978-964-04-4316-3.
  • کوچۀ ما Our Street (Novel), published by Mohammad Ibrahim Shariati Afghanistani (Erfan), 2nd Edition, Tehran, Iran, 2013, 978-600-65-8012-8.
  • بازوی بریده Cut off Arm (Novel), published by Kaweh verlag, Germany, 2016
  • مرداره قول اس، مجموعۀ کامل داستان های کوتاه اکرم عثمان Real Men Keep Their Word, published by Nashre Zaryab, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2017
  • آن بالا و این پایین، گزیده داستان های اکرم عثمان, published by Taak Publication, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2019
  • تاریخ افغانستان در صد سال اخیر, published by Café 60 Media, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022, 978-91-986704-2-4.

Non-Persian publications

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English

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German

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  • Moderne Erzähler Der Welt, Afghanistan,[40] 1987, 3-7711-0787-3. Two short stories: Ein Man, ein Wort & Wenn die Binsen blühen.

Swedish

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  • Blodig gryning och andra noveller från Afghanistan,[41] Stockholm, 1992, 91-86936-38-7. Two short stories: En man står vid sitt ord & När det blommar i säven.
  • De Nya amerikabreven,[42] 2005, 91-631-7963-6. One short story: Den fjärde katten.

Other languages

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Some of Osman's writings have been published in Russian[43] and Bulgarian languages and also in cyrillic alphabet in Tajikistan.

Research papers

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Films based on Osman's short stories

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  • (مرد هاره قول اس Real Men Keep Their Word)
  • (نقطه نیرنگی The Deceptive Object)

References

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  1. ^ "از رادیو کابل تا رادیو افغانستان، صدایی ۸۵ ساله". March 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Bezhan, Faridullah (2008). "A Contemporary Writer from Afghanistan: Akram Osman and His Short Stories". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 35: 21–36. doi:10.1080/13530190801890212. S2CID 159583265.
  3. ^ "A Contemporary Writer from Afghanistan: Akram Osman and His Short Stories".
  4. ^ Bezhan, Faridullah (2008). "A contemporary writer from Afghanistan: Akram Osman and his short stories". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 35 (1): 21–36. doi:10.1080/13530190801890212. S2CID 159583265.
  5. ^ Adle, Chahryar (January 1, 2005). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Towards the contemporary period : From the mid-nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century. UNESCO. ISBN 9789231039850.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 4, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Dr. Akram Osman". Facebook.
  8. ^ "Dr. Akram-Osman دکتور اکرم عثمان، آسمایی؛".
  9. ^ "Secondary source 3". February 10, 2013.
  10. ^ "Afghanasamai, Dr.Akram Osman, هفتادمین سالگرد تولد دکتور اکرم عثمان ، آسمایی".
  11. ^ "در سوگ راویِ نستوه دردهای کابل | روزنامه ماندگار". August 15, 2016.
  12. ^ "Criticism and appreciation of Real Men Keep Their Word by Dr Akram Osman Dr Akram Osman: Erkek Adam Sözünde Durur – Academic Research Papers – Academic Research Papers – Thesis & Dissertations".
  13. ^ "About us".
  14. ^ "AFGHANSKA PENKLUBBEN – Företagsinformation".
  15. ^ "Farda | Afghans Pen Club in Stockholm".
  16. ^ "مرد ها ره قول اس MARDHA RA QAOL AS - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  17. ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  18. ^ "President Ghani's Condolence, Sympathy Message".
  19. ^ "The Kabul Times – MoIC condolence message". Archived from the original on February 4, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  20. ^ ""کوچه ما"، در سوگ اکرم عثمان". August 13, 2016.
  21. ^ "اکرم عثمان٬ نویسنده افغان درگذشت". August 12, 2016.
  22. ^ "نویسنده شهیر افغانستانی درگذشت – FarsNews Agency".
  23. ^ "اکرم عثمان، داستان سرای که خاموش شد".
  24. ^ "دکتر محمد اکرم عثمان درگذشت – رادیو سوئد / رادیوی سویدن Radio Sweden Farsi/Dari". Sveriges Radio. August 12, 2016.
  25. ^ "محمد اکرم عثمان، نویسنده داستان "مردا ره قول ‌اس" در گذشت". August 12, 2016.
  26. ^ "اکرم عثمان؛ روایتگر دردمند کابل". October 22, 2018.
  27. ^ "نام داکتر محمد اکرم عثمان در جریدۀ عالم ثبت است. | تارنمای فراسو".
  28. ^ "Tolafghan: له افغانستان او نړۍ څخه شننې او څيړنې".
  29. ^ "اکرم عثمان، شهرنگار کابلی از میان ما رفت". August 13, 2016.
  30. ^ "در سوگِ راوی نستوه دردهای کابل". August 14, 2016.
  31. ^ "ابر مرد داستان ورومان افغان در ایستگاه اخیر زندگی پیاده شد!/ پوهنیار بشیر مومن".
  32. ^ "Östra Kyrkogården".
  33. ^ "Our beloved Dad - Mohammad Akram Osman - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  34. ^ "Jalal literary awards to commemorate Afghan author Mohammad Akram Osman". December 21, 2016.
  35. ^ "خبرگزاری فارس – افغانستان قلب تپنده جایزه کتاب جلال لقب گرفت". December 25, 2016.
  36. ^ ʻosmān, Akram (2005). Real Men Keep Their Word: Tales from Kabul, Afghanistan : A Selection of Akram Osman's Dari Short Stories. ISBN 978-0195471144.
  37. ^ "Real Men Keep Their Word: Tales from Kabul, Afghanistan by Akram Osman". June 16, 2013.
  38. ^ "Real Men Keep Their Word".
  39. ^ https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arley-loewen-1637777 [permanent dead link‍]
  40. ^ Moderne Erzähler der Welt, Afghanistan: Amazon.de: Bücher. ASIN 3771107873.
  41. ^ "Blodig gryning och andra... | Stefan Lindgren förord oc... | 70 SEK".
  42. ^ Muadi, Muhammed (January 2005). De nya amerikabreven. ISBN 9789163179631.
  43. ^ "Книга "Заколдованный город" Хабиб Асадулла – купить книгу с быстрой доставкой в интернет-магазине OZON". OZON.ru.
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