Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi explained

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
Occupation:writer
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi (born 1983 in Los Angeles) is an Iranian-American writer. She won the 2015 Whiting Award for Fiction and the 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

Early life and education

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi was born in 1983,[1] in Los Angeles,[2] to an Iranian mother and British father.[3] She spent much of her childhood in Iran and Spain but also lived in the United States, Scotland, and the United Arab Emirates. She studied Latin American studies and creative writing at the University of California, San Diego, then completed her Master of Fine Arts in fiction at Brown University.[4] She speaks four languages.

Career

In 2012, Van der Vliet Oloomi published her first novel, Fra Keeler.

In 2015, she was honored as one of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35[5] and won the Whiting Award for Fiction.[6]

Her second book, the unconventional bildungsroman Call Me Zebra,[7] won the 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. According to the judges, the novel "is a library within a library, a Borges-esque labyrinth of references from all cultures and all walks of life". Call Me Zebra also received the John Gardner Award and was longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award.

Her work has appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, Guernica, Bomb, Los Angeles Review of Books and The New York Times, among others. It has been translated into Italian, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, and Romanian.[8]

In addition to writing, Van der Vliet Oloomi is an associate professor of English at University of Notre Dame. She also founded "Literatures of Annihilation, Exile & Resistance, a lecture series sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame that brings together Middle Eastern/Southwest Asian and North African writers and artists."

Awards and honors

Van der Vliet Oloomi has received fellowships through the Fulbright Program, MacDowell, and Art Omi.

In 2015, the National Book Foundation selected Van der Vliet Oloomi for their annual "5 Under 35" honor.[9]

Over twenty publications named Call Me Zebra one of the best books of 2019.

Her short story "It Is What It Is" was included in The Best American Short Stories 2023.

Awards for Van der Vliet Oloomi's writing!Year!Title!Award!Result!Ref.
2019Call Me ZebraPEN/Faulkner Award for FictionWinner[10]
PEN/Open Book AwardLonglist
2015Whiting Award for FictionWinner[11]

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Van der Vliet Oloomi, Azareen . 2023-09-08 . . 2023-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230501153032/https://viaf.org/viaf/296547944/ . live .
  2. Web site: Mazarei . Parisa . 2021-08-23 . Iranian Diaspora Spotlight: Iranian-American Author Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi— Writing Through and About the Complexities of Otherness . 2023-09-08 . Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies . . en . 2023-03-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230331135916/https://centerforiraniandiasporastudies.wordpress.com/2021/08/23/iranian-diaspora-spotlight-iranian-american-author-azareen-van-der-vliet-oloomi-writing-through-and-about-the-complexities-of-otherness/ . live .
  3. Web site: Staples . Beth . Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi . 2023-09-08 . . en . 2022-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221003015622/https://womenlead2022.nd.edu/azareen-van-der-vliet-oloomi/ . live .
  4. Web site: Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi . 2023-09-08 . Department of English, University of Notre Dame . en . 2023-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230607030648/https://english.nd.edu/people/azareen-van-der-vliet-oloomi/ . live .
  5. Web site: Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi . 2023-09-08 . . en-US . 2023-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230623031601/https://www.nationalbook.org/people/azareen-van-der-vliet-oloomi/ . live .
  6. Web site: 2019-04-30 . Awards: Faulkner Winner; Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist . 2023-09-08 . . 2023-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324104036/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3484 . live .
  7. Web site: Kleeman . Alexandra . 2021-08-02 . Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi . 2023-09-08 . . 2023-05-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230525221915/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/azareen-van-der-vliet-oloomi/ . live .
  8. Web site: Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi . 2023-09-08 . . en . 2023-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230606100510/https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/azareen-van-der-vliet-oloomi/ . live .
  9. Web site: 2015-10-01 . National Book Foundation: '5 Under 35' . 2023-09-09 . . 2022-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221231164134/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2604 . live .
  10. News: Merry . Stephanie . 2019-04-29 . Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomis's Call Me Zebra Wins PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction . 2023-09-08 . . 2020-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201117222517/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/azareen-van-der-vliet-oloomis-call-me-zebra-wins-penfaulkner-award-for-fiction/2019/04/29/c03cc98e-6857-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.html . live .
  11. Web site: 2015-03-10 . Awards: Whiting; Baileys; Publishing Triangle; Australia Council . 2022-03-26 . . 2022-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220326204347/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2459 . live .
  12. Web site: 2012-08-27 . Fra Keeler by Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi . 2023-09-09 . . 2022-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926154804/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780984469345 . live .
  13. Web site: 2017-11-27 . Call Me Zebra . 2023-09-08 . . 2023-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230909024023/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/like-dislike/2000121438/ . live .
  14. Web site: Jacobs . Bruce . 2018-02-20 . Call Me Zebra . 2023-09-09 . . 2022-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220719231816/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=690 . live .
  15. Web site: 2017-12-01 . Call Me Zebra . 2023-09-08 . . 2023-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230909023925/https://www.booklistonline.com/Call-Me-Zebra-Azareen-Van-der-Vliet-Oloomi/pid=9145836 . live .
  16. Web site: 2017-11-20 . Call Me Zebra by Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi . 2023-09-09 . . 2022-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926161818/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780544944602 . live .
  17. Web site: Galgan . Wendy . 2018-03-01 . Call Me Zebra . 2023-09-09 . . 2023-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230909023929/https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/call-me-zebra . live .
  18. Web site: Ahsan . Kamil . 2021-08-07 . A Novel That Invokes History — But Can't Quite Define It . 2023-09-08 . . 2023-06-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230626191404/https://www.npr.org/2021/08/07/1025320152/a-novel-that-invokes-history-but-cant-quite-define-it . live .
  19. Web site: 2021-06-15 . Savage Tongues . 2023-09-08 . . 2021-07-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210731094623/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/azareen-van-der-vliet-oloomi/savage-tongues/ . live .
  20. Web site: 2021-05-24 . Savage Tongues by Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi . 2023-09-09 . . 2022-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220516053902/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780358315063 . live .
  21. News: Akins . Ellen . 2021-08-09 . Review In 'Savage Tongues,' a woman ponders a troubling relationship in her past . en-US . . 2023-09-09 . 0190-8286 . 2023-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230909024232/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/savage-tongues-azareen-van-der-vliet-oloomi/2021/07/29/9e670c4e-f07b-11eb-81d2-ffae0f931b8f_story.html . live .

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