Aliyeh Ataei Explained

Native Name:	Persian: عالیه عطایی
Aliyeh Ataei
Birth Date:	3 June 1981
Occupation:	screenplay writer, Novelist
Nationality:	Iranian
Language:	Persian
Education:	Dramatic Literature MA, Tehran University of Art
Notableworks:	Koorsorkhi Eye of the Dog
Awards:	Mehregan Adab Literary Awards

Aliyeh Ataei (Persian: [[:fa:عالیه عطایی|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]

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 and Guernica.

Works

Bibliography

• How could Abel be killed by Cain? (2012)^[5]
• Kafourpoosh (2015)^[6]
• Eye of the dog (2019)^[7]
• Koorsorkhi: a story of soul and war (2021)^[8]
• La frontière des oubliés (2023)^[9]

Short stories

• Galileo, Translated by Salar Abdoh, Words Without Borders, (2019)^[10]
• The Alcove, Translated by Salar Abdoh, Michigan Quarterly Review (2019)^[11]
• The Border Merchant, Translated by Salar Abdoh, Quernica, (2019)^[12]
• Parisian Coffee, Translated by Mohammad Sarvi, The Bombay Review (2021)^[13]

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]

External links

• • www.AliyehAtaei.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aliyeh Ataei - Guernica. Guernica Magazine. 2021-11-01. en-US.
2. Web site: عالیه عطایی؛ قصه‌گوی مرزها. Ufuqnews. 18 February 2018 . 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
3. Web site: Nadastan 002. nadastan.com. 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
4. Web site: Saan 2. goodreads.com. 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
5. Web site: مگر می‌شود قابیل هابیل را کشته باشد؟ . Qoqnoos Publication. fa-IR. 2021-11-01.
6. Web site: Kafourpoosh. Qoqnoos Publication. 2021-11-01.
7. Web site: Eye of the Dog. Cheshmeh Publication. 2021-11-01.
8. Web site: Koorsorkhi. Cheshmeh Publication. 2021-11-01.
9. Web site: La frontière des oubliés. Éditions Gallimard. 2023-05-17.
10. Web site: New literature from Iran. Words Without Borders Campus. 2021-11-01. en-US.
11. Web site: MQR Issue 57:6, Spring 2019. Michigan Quarterly Review. 2021-11-01. en-US.
12. Web site: The Border Merchant. Guernica Magazine. 6 November 2019 . 2021-11-01. en-US.
13. Web site: The Bombay Review, Iranian Edition (Vol II). The Bombay Review. 20 March 2021 . 2021-11-01. en-US.
14. Web site: داستان زنان افغانستان. goodreads.com. 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
15. Web site: Sous le ciel de Kaboul. Academia.edu. January 2019 . 2021-11-01. fr-FR. Ebrahimi . Khojesta .
16. Web site: کسی خانه نیست. IRNA News Agency. 22 March 2020 . 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
17. Web site: خیابان ولی عصر (روایت های غیرداستانی). Sales Publication. 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
18. Web site: جایزۀ ادبی مهرگان winners. goodreads.com. 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
19. Web site: برگزیدگان جایزه ادبی "واو" معرفی شدند. ISNA News Agency. August 2016 . 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
20. Web site: برندگان دومین دوره "جایزه داستان تهران" معرفی شدند. Khabaronline News Agency. 25 December 2015 . 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
21. Web site: برگزیدگان جایزه داستان تهران مشخص شدند. IBNA News Agency. 18 November 2018 . 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
22. Web site: چشم سگ رتبۀ اول جایزۀ ادبی مشهد را از آن خود کرد. Shahrara News. 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
23. Web site: برندگان جایزۀ اصغر عبداللهی معرفی شدند. ISNA News Agency. 29 December 2021 . 2022-03-18. fa-IR.
24. Web site: معرفی برندگان اولین دوره جایزه ادبی ما . HonarOnline News Agency . 2022-07-02 . fa-IR.
25. Web site: جایزه ادبی هزار و یک شب. Ava Press. 2021-11-01. fa-IR. 2021-06-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20210627202108/https://avapress.com/fa/185207/%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B4%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%87-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%86-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA. dead.
26. Web site: جشنواره قند پارسی. ISNA News Agency. 29 January 2018 . 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
27. Web site: سومین جایزه احمد محمود. IRNA News Agency. 27 June 2020 . 2021-11-01. fa-IR.
28. Web site: معرفی برگزیدگان جایزه "فرشته". ISNA News Agency. 6 December 2020 . 2021-11-01. fa-IR.