Aliyeh Ataei

Aliyeh Ataei (Persian: عالیه عطایی) (born 1981) is an Iranian-Afghan novelist and screenplay writer who has written several books and short stories for multiple magazines such as Guernica and Michigan Quarterly Review. The main focus of her works is dedicated to the literature of immigration. She has won several literary awards, including Mehregan Adab.[1]

Aliyeh Ataei
Native name
عالیه عطایی
Born (1981-06-03) 3 June 1981
Occupationscreenplay writer, Novelist
LanguagePersian
NationalityIranian
EducationDramatic Literature MA, Tehran University of Art
Notable worksKoorsorkhi
Eye of the Dog
Notable awardsMehregan Adab Literary Awards

Biography

Aliyeh Ataei was born on 3 June 1981 and grew up in Darmian, a border region between South Khorasan Province of Iran and Farah province of Afghanistan. Growing up in Iran as a female minority, she experienced a lot of discrimination and difficulties that led her to work as a women's rights activist. Her works are deeply influenced by her observations and experiences as a child.[2]

Career

Ataei graduated from high-school in Birjand and went to Tehran to continue her studies at Tehran University of Art, where she received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in screenplay writing. Ataei dedicated most of her focus to writing about immigration. Beside publishing books, she has been working with several magazines such as Hamshahri, Tajrobeh, Saan, and Nadastan.[3][4] Her short stories have also been translated and published in several English and French magazines, among them Michigan Quarterly Review[5] and Guernica.[6]

Works

Bibliography
  • How could Abel be killed by Cain? (2012)[7]
  • Kafourpoosh (2015)[8]
  • Eye of the dog (2019)[9]
  • Koorsorkhi: a story of soul and war (2021)[10]
  • La frontière des oubliés (2023)[11]

Short stories

Participations
  • The story of women of Afghanistan, a collection of short stories by Mohammad Hossein Mohammadi (Kabul, 2017)[14]
  • Sous le ciel de Kaboul, a collection of short stories by Khojesta Ebrahimi (Paris, 2018)[15]
  • No one's home, a collection of short stories by Elham Fallah (Tehran, 2019)[16]
  • Tehran's Valiasr street, a collection of short stories by Kaveh Fooladinasab (Tehran, 2021)[17]

Awards
  • Mehregan-e-Adab Literary Award for Kafourpoosh (2014)[18]
  • Vav Literary Award for Kafourpoosh (2014)[19]
  • Dastan-e-Tehran Award for Thirty Kilometer, from Eye of the dog (2015)[20]
  • Dastan-e-Tehran Award for Galileo from Eye of the dog (2018)[21]
  • Mashhad Literary Award for Eye of the dog (2021)[22]
  • Asghar Abdullahi Literary Award for Koorsorkhi (2021) [23]
  • Ma Literary Award for Koorsorkhi (2022) [24]

Other works
  • Member of the academy for Hezar-o-Yek-Shab Literary Award (2014)[25]
  • Member of the academy for Qand-e-Parsi Literary Award (2017)[26]
  • Member of the academy for Ahmad Mahmoud Literary Award (2020)[27]
  • Member of the academy for Fereshteh Literary Award (2020)[28]

References
  1. "Aliyeh Ataei - Guernica". Guernica Magazine. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  2. "عالیه عطایی؛ قصه‌گوی مرزها". Ufuqnews (in Persian). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  3. "Nadastan 002". nadastan.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  4. "Saan 2". goodreads.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  5. "MQR Issue 57:6, Spring 2019". Michigan Quarterly Review. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  6. "The Border Merchant". Guernica Magazine. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  7. "مگر می‌شود قابیل هابیل را کشته باشد؟". Qoqnoos Publication (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  8. "Kafourpoosh". Qoqnoos Publication. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  9. "Eye of the Dog". Cheshmeh Publication. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  10. "Koorsorkhi". Cheshmeh Publication. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  11. "La frontière des oubliés". Éditions Gallimard. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  12. "New literature from Iran". Words Without Borders Campus. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  13. "The Bombay Review, Iranian Edition (Vol II)". The Bombay Review. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  14. "داستان زنان افغانستان". goodreads.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  15. Ebrahimi, Khojesta (January 2019). "Sous le ciel de Kaboul". Academia.edu (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  16. "کسی خانه نیست". IRNA News Agency (in Persian). 22 March 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  17. "خیابان ولی عصر (روایت های غیرداستانی)". Sales Publication (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  18. "جایزۀ ادبی مهرگان winners". goodreads.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  19. "برگزیدگان جایزه ادبی "واو" معرفی شدند". ISNA News Agency (in Persian). August 2016. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  20. "برندگان دومین دوره "جایزه داستان تهران" معرفی شدند". Khabaronline News Agency (in Persian). 25 December 2015. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  21. "برگزیدگان جایزه داستان تهران مشخص شدند". IBNA News Agency (in Persian). 18 November 2018. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  22. "چشم سگ رتبۀ اول جایزۀ ادبی مشهد را از آن خود کرد". Shahrara News (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  23. "برندگان جایزۀ اصغر عبداللهی معرفی شدند". ISNA News Agency (in Persian). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  24. "معرفی برندگان اولین دوره جایزه ادبی ما". HonarOnline News Agency (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  25. "جایزه ادبی هزار و یک شب". Ava Press (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  26. "جشنواره قند پارسی". ISNA News Agency (in Persian). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  27. "سومین جایزه احمد محمود". IRNA News Agency (in Persian). 27 June 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  28. "معرفی برگزیدگان جایزه "فرشته"". ISNA News Agency (in Persian). 6 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
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