Chahdortt Djavann Explained
Chahdortt Djavann (; born 1967)[2] is an Iranian-born French contemporary writer, novelist, and essayist.[3] Her works often touch on topics such as identity and memory; and she is outspoken against Islam and Iranian religious leaders.[4] [5] [6] She regularly appears on French television and radio.[7]
Biography
Chahdortt Djavann was born in 1967 in Pahlavi Iran; her family was of Azerbaijani descent from an aristocratic line.[8] [9] She left Iran in 1991. First, she moved to Turkey, followed by a move to France in 1993.[10] She attended the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (French: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) in Paris.[11]
Her novel La Muette (Flammarion, 2008) is the confession of a fifteen-year-old girl sentenced to hang in the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran.[12]
Djavann often was on the forefront of political and religious debates, including the veil debates in France, and she has spoken openly on the topic of immigration assimilation.[13] In January 2006, Djavann was a guest on the French television program Culture et Dépendances, where she spoke on "assimilation as liberation".[14]
She was awarded the Grand Prix de la Laïcité (2003) for secularism from the association.[15] In 2004, she was honored with the title of Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Her work has sparked both praise and criticism.[16] Djavann was labeled as a experiencing "self-orientalism" by Laetitia Nanquette in the research article French New Orientalist Narratives from the "Natives": Reading More Than Chahdortt Djavann in Paris (2009), published in the academic journal Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East.[17]
Publications
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Je Viens d'ailleurs . Gallimard Education . 2004 . 9782070300358 . Fr . I Come From Elsewhere.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Que pense Allah de l'Europe ? . Gallimard . 2004 . 978-2070772025 . Fr . What does Allah think of Europe?.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Chahdortt Djavann . 2004 . Abajo El Velo! . El Aleph Editores . es . 978-8-476-69670-5.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Autoportrait de l'autre . 2004 . Fr. [18]
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Bas les voiles ! . Gallimard Education . 2005 . 9782070321056 . Fr.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Comment peut-on être Français ? . 2006 . How can you be French?. [19]
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . A Mon Corps Défendant, l'Occident . Flammarion . 2007 . 9782081200999 . Fr . Against My Will, the West.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . L'Alphabet de l'espoir: les écrivains s'engagent . UNESCO . 2007.
- Djavann . Chahdortt . June 2007 . Islamismen truer demokratiet . Islamism threatens democracy . Udenrigs . da . 2. 10.7146/udernigs.v0i2.119529 . 2024-11-12 .
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Pour une littérature-monde . Gallimard . 2007 . 978-2070785308 . French.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . La Muette . Flammarion . 2008 . 978-2081210530 . Fr. [20]
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Ne Négociez Pas Avec Le Régime Iranien . Flammarion . 2009 . 9782081233614 . Fr . Do Not Negotiate With the Iranian Regime.
- Djavann . Chahdortt . Halling . Kirsten . 2010 . Entretien avec Chahdortt Djavann . Dalhousie French Studies . 92 . 1 . 139–144 . 41705542 . 0711-8813 . 2022-09-23.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Chahdortt Djavann . 2010 . De zwijgster . Sirene . fr . 978-9-058-31498-7.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Je Ne Suis Pas Celle Que Je Suis . Flammarion . 2011 . 978-2-081-22754-5 . fr.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . La Dernière Séance . Fayard . 2013 . 9782213677569 . Fr.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Chahdortt Djavann . 2012 . Die Stumme. Das Taschenhörbuch . Steinbach Sprechende . de . 978-3-869-74114-7.
- Book: Chahdortt, Djavann . Chahdortt Djavann
. Big daddy . Chahdortt Djavann . 2015 . Grasset . 978-2-246-85178-3 . 2023-04-10.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Les putes voilées n'iront jamais au paradis ! . Grasset . 2016 . 978-2246856979.
- Book: Chahdortt, Djavann . Chahdortt Djavann
. Comment Lutter Efficacement Contre L'Ideologie Islamique . Chahdortt Djavann . 2016 . Grasset . 978-2-246-86298-7 . 2023-04-10.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Chahdortt Djavann
. Meester . Chahdortt Djavann . 2016 . Cargo . 978-9-023-49479-9 . 272 .
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Iran J'accuse ! . Grasset . 2018.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Et ces êtres sans pénis ! . Grasset . 2021 . 9782246813682 . Fr . And those beings without penises!.
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Notes and References
- News: Donadio . Rachel . 2015-01-08 . Before Paris Shooting, Authors Tapped Into Mood of a France 'Homesick at Home' . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-05-17 . 0362-4331.
- Halling . Kirsten . 2010 . Entretien avec Chahdortt Djavann . Dalhousie French Studies . 92 . 139–144 . 41705542 . 0711-8813.
- Web site: 2015-03-20 . Chahdortt Djavann, l'enragée tranquille . 2022-05-17 . Le Figaro. fr.
- News: 2021-04-22 . « Et ces êtres sans pénis ! »: Chahdortt Djavann prend sa revanche . fr . Le Monde.fr . 2022-05-17.
- Web site: Vaillant . Luc Le . Chahdortt Djavann, démolir les mollahs . 2022-05-17 . Libération . fr.
- Web site: December 11, 2016 . Comment lutter efficacement contre l'idéologie islamique? . How to fight effectively against Islamic ideology? . 2022-05-17 . MondesFrancophones.com . Fr.
- Book: Nanquette, Laetitia . Orientalism Versus Occidentalism: Literary and Cultural Imaging Between France and Iran Since the Islamic Revolution . 2017-02-28 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-78673-120-3 . 66 . en.
- Web site: Raspiengeas . Jean-Claude . May 8, 2015 . Chahdortt Djavann or the difficult exile . dead . https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.la-croix.com%2FCulture%2FLivres-Idees%2FLivres%2FChahdortt-Djavann-ou-le-difficile-exil-2015-08-05-1341587#federation=archive.wikiwix.com . November 21, 2016 . La Croix . Bayard Presse.
- Web site: 2021-04-06 . Chahdortt Djavann: "Les plus grands romans sont des romans politiques" . 2022-05-17 . Radio France . fr.
- Web site: Chahdortt Djavann . 2022-05-17 . Dictionnaire créatrices.
- Web site: Authors: Chahdortt Djavann . Lecteurs.com . 2023-07-03.
- Web site: Lawn . Lesley . 2014-08-09 . SILENT VOICES - Lesley Lawn on translating Chahdortt Djavann's "La muette" . 2022-05-17 . And Other Stories . en.
- Roger . Fabrice . 2021-01-02 . Unrepresentative representatives: what it takes to be a "Muslim" commentator in France following the example of Mohamed Sifaoui and Chahdortt Djavann . Modern & Contemporary France . 29 . 1 . 41–56 . 10.1080/09639489.2020.1831462 . 233873513 . 0963-9489.
- Book: Gemie, Sharif . French Muslims: New Voices in Contemporary France . 2010 . University of Wales Press . 978-0-7083-2209-3 . 1 . 48–65 . Chahdortt Djavann: Assimilation as Liberation. j.ctt9qhjzw .
- Web site: April 24, 2016 . Sur les rayons des libraires - Les putes voilées n'iront jamais au paradis -Chahdortt Djavann - Roman - Grasset . On the shelves of booksellers - Veiled whores will never go to heaven - Chahdortt Djavann - Roman - Grasset . https://web.archive.org/web/20161121232653/http://www.questionsdecitoyens.be/content/sur-les-rayons-des-libraires-les-putes-voil%C3%A9es-niront-jamais-au-paradis-chahdortt-djavann . November 21, 2016 . Questions de citoyens . fr.
- Web site: Bryant . Elizabeth . 1 January 2005 . Muslim writers in Europe tests limits, sparking praise and criticism . subscription . 2022-05-17 . Newspapers.com . The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) . F1–F5 . en.
- Nanquette . Laetitia . 2009-08-01 . French New Orientalist Narratives from the "Natives": Reading More Than Chahdortt Djavann in Paris . Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East . en . 29 . 2 . 269–280 . 10.1215/1089201X-2009-009 . 1089-201X.
- Book: Djavann, Chahdortt . Chahdortt Djavann
. Autoportrait De L'Autre . Chahdortt Djavann . 2009 . Gallimard . 978-2-070-36022-2 . 2023-07-07.
- Toonder . Jeanette den . 2018 . Writing in the Feminine: Identity, Language, and Intercultural Dialogue in Chahdortt Djavann's Comment peut-on être français? (2006) . DiGeSt. Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies . 5 . 2 . 7–22 . 10.11116/digest.5.2.1 . 10.11116/digest.5.2.1 . 2593-0273. free .
- Chatzidimitriou . Ioanna . 2012 . Speaking Silence: Translation in Chahdortt Djavann's "La Muette" . MLN . 127 . 5 . 1206–1225 . 10.1353/mln.2012.0128 . 43611286 . 161480263 . 0026-7910.