Hossein Mortezaeian Abkenar Explained

Birth Name:Persian: حسین مرتضاییان آبکنار
Birth Place:Tehran, Iran
Occupation:Writer
Alma Mater:University of Tehran
Notableworks:A Scorpion on the Steps of Andimeshk Railroad Station
Awards:Hooshang Golshiri Award

Hossein Mortezaeian Abkenar (Persian: حسین مرتضاییان آبکنار; born 1967) is an Iranian writer and screenwriter.

Life

Abkenar was born in Tehran. Abkenar received a Bachelor of Arts in performing arts from University of Tehran.[1] During Iran-Iraq war, he did his military service near border where affected his novel's atmosphere.

He co-authored the screenplay for the film No One Knows about Persian Cats, directed by Bahman Ghobadi and awarded the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.[2] Abkenar's books are banned from sale and publication in Iran.[3]

Awards

His first novel, Scorpion on the Steps of Andimeshk Train Station, or Blood's Dripping From This Train, received the 2007 Hooshang Golshiri Literary Award for "Best First Novel",[4] [5] and the Mehregan Award for the best novel of the year, as well as the Vaav Award for the year's most unique novel.[6]

In September 2014, he was granted a fellowship by Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where each fellow in the nine-month writing program.[7]

Works

Books

Screenplay

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hossein MortezaeianAbkenar . Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. 6 May 2015.
  2. Web site: Awards 2009 : Un Certain Regard . Festival de Cannes . 6 May 2015.
  3. Web site: BANNED IRANIAN AUTHOR HOSSEIN ABKENAR TAKES UP AT BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE . 10 September 2014 . . 7 May 2015.
  4. Web site: 7th Golshiri Literary Award Ceremony Held In Tehran . Payvand Iran News . Syma Sayyah . 2 January 2008 . 25 February 2013 .
  5. Web site: Houshang Golshiri Awards . The Parsagon Review . Shataw Naseri . 5 June 2014 . 5 July 2015.
  6. Web site: Hossein Mortezaeian Abkenar . Words Without Borders . 6 May 2015.
  7. Web site: Black Mountain Institute Awards Writing Fellowships. 16 September 2014. The UNLV News Center. 6 May 2015.
  8. Web site: Hossein Mortezaeian Abkenar . Words Without Borders . 6 May 2015.
  9. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1426378/ No One Knows About Persian Cats
  10. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1703238/ Mandoo