Fariba Hachtroudi Explained

Fariba Hachtroudi (Persian: فریبا هشترودی; born 1951 in Teheran) is a French-Iranian journalist and writer.

Early life

Fariba Hachtroudi is the daughter of Mohsen Hashtroodi, a prominent Iranian mathematician, and Robab Hashtroodi, a professor of humanities and Persian literature. Sheikh Ismail Hashtroodi was her grandfather.^[1]

In 1963, Hachtroudi moved to France.^[2] She trained as an archaeologist, receiving her doctoral degree in 1978.^[1]

Career

Early in her journalistic career, Hachtroudi covered the Iran–Iraq War.^[3]

Following the Iranian Revolution, Hachtroudi began writing polemics against Khomeini and the religious authorities in Iran. Between 1981 and 1983, she lived in Sri Lanka, teaching at Colombo University.^[4]

In 1985, she entered Iran secretly via Baluchistan and travelled around the country, investigating the consequences of the Revolution and the Iran–Iraq War on life in the country. Her first book, L’exilée, describes her experiences.^[5]

From 1995, Hachtroudi has led the humanitarian and cultural organisation Mohsen Hachtroudi (MoHa), an initiative of which is the Gitanjali Literary Prize.^[1]

Hachtroudi's first novel, Iran, les rives du sang, was awarded the French Republic's Human Rights Prize in 2001.^[3]

Selected works

Non-fiction

• Book: L'Exilée. Paris. Payot. 1991. 978-2-228-88387-0.
• Book: Les Femmes iraniennes : vingt-cinq ans d'inquisition islamiste. Cahors. Éditions L'Hydre. 2004. 978-2-913703-42-1.
• Book: À mon retour d'Iran.... Paris. Éditions du Seuil. 2008 . 978-2-02-094322-2.
• Book: Khomeyni Express : Itinéraires clandestins en République islamique d'Iran. Vevey. Xenia Éditions. 2009 . 978-2-88892-072-4.
• Book: La gelée royale. Paris. Éditions Encre d'Orient. 2010 . 978-2-36243-001-5.
• Book: Ali Khamenei ou Les larmes de Dieu. Paris. Éditions Gallimard. 2011 . 978-2-07-013316-1.

Novels

• Book: Iran, les rives du sang. Paris. Éditions du Seuil. 2000. 978-2-02-038689-0.
• Book: J'ai épousé Johnny à Notre-Dame-de-Sion. Paris. Éditions du Seuil. 2006. 978-2-02-088799-1.
• Book: Le colonel et l'appât 455. Albin Michel . Paris. 2014. 2226254250.

Poetry

• Book: Abysses. Éditions Chèvre-feuille étoilée. 2013. 978-2-36795-006-8.

In English translation

• Book: 9781926780054. Twelfth Iman's a Woman?. Key Publishing House. 2011. Sian. Robyns.
• Book: 9781609453060. The Man Who Snapped His Fingers. Europa Editions. 2016. Alison. Anderson.

External links

• Fariba Hachtroudi's home page

Notes and References

1. News: Fariba Hachtroudi is inspired by the powerful women of Islamic history. Rym. Ghazal. May 22, 2014. The National.
2. News: Quand bourreau et victime se retrouvent. Marie-Françoise. Gihousse. January 20, 2014. L'Avenir.
3. News: L'Express. French . Les cinq prétendantes au Prix Lilas 2014. April 7, 2014. Peras. Delphine. Liger. Baptiste. Payot. Marianne. Bacrie. Lydia.
4. Web site: Fariba Hachtroudi, 2009-2010. France in New Zealand. November 28, 2014.
5. Web site: French Embassy in the United States. Fariba Hachtroudi. February 2016. July 1, 2016. August 12, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170812162257/http://frenchculture.org/books/authors-on-tour/fariba-hachtroudi. dead.