Shirin Nezammafi
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
[edit]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
[edit]- "Shiroikami / Salam" (Bungeishunju, 2009-8-7, ISBN 4163284109)[10]
Among her other works are:
- short story Nezammafi, Shirin. Saramu. ISBN 978-4-163-28410-1., winner of the 2006 Japanese Literary Award for International Students,[11]
- Hakudo (Pulse) also nominated for the Akutagawa Prize in 2010,[12][13] and
- Mimi no ue no choucho (The Butterfly on the Ear) in 2011.[14]
Prizes
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Shirin Nezammafi". nippon.com.
- ^ "Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World"". University of Pennsylvania.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Iranian's novel nominated for 2nd book award". Iran Times International.
- ^ "Contributor Shirin Nezammafi". WORDS without BORDERS.
- ^ Bett, Sam (2018). "Beyond the Circle: Minority Voices of Japan". Words Without Borders. Japan. ISSN 1936-1459.
- ^ "IN THE NEWS / Iranian writer finds her voice in Japanese". Financial Times Ltd.
- ^ "Iranian writer up for Akutagawa Prize". The Japan Times Online. 2009-07-03. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ^ "Iranian woman wins Japan literary award for newcomers". Payvand.
- ^ "Shiroi kami Saramu by Shirin Nezammafi". Internet Archive.
- ^ "Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World"". University of Pennsylvania.
- ^ "An Iranian Novelist Who Publishes in Japanese Has Been Nominated For A Prestigious Award". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Japan's Iran moment". International Herald Tribune.
- ^ "Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World"". University of Pennsylvania.
- ^ "In the News: New Nabokov, Full Flaubert". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Contributor Shirin Nezammafi". WORDS without BORDRES.
- ^ "Iranian woman's challenge". Financial Times Ltd.
- ^ "The changing book world". The Japan Times Online. 2009-07-03. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
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