Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards explained
The Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Award is an Iranian literary award presented yearly since 2008. Every year, an award is given to the best Iranian authors on the birthday of the renowned Persian writer Jalal Al-e Ahmad. The top winner receives 110 Bahar Azadi gold coins (about $33,000), making it Iran's most lucrative literary award.[1] In some years there is no top winner, other notables receive up to 25 gold coins. Categories include "Novel", "Short story", "Literary criticism" and "History and documentations".[2] The award was confirmed by the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council in 2005,[2] the first award was presented in 2008.
Winners
2021[3]
- Top winner: (no winner)
- Short story: (no winner)
- Honorable mentions: “Unhappy Hour” by Mohammad-Esmaeil Hajalian and “Mad Saint” by Ahmadreza Amiri-Samani
- Novel: (no winner)
- Honorable mentions: “Without Father’s Name” by Seyyed Meisam Musavian and “Sad Moon, Red Moon” by Reza Julai
- Literary criticism: (no winner)
- Honorable mention: “Albert Camus in Iran” co-written by Mohammadreza Farsian and Fatemeh Qaderi
- Documentation and historiography:
- (joint winner) Meisam Amiri, “Fascinating Grief”
- (joint winner) Hedayatollah Behbudi, “A Man Named Reza Who Was Then Called Reza Khan”,
2008[4] For works published in 2005-2006.
- Top winner: (no winner)
- Short story: "Killing Dragons", Yusef Alikhani
- Novel: The Rule of the Game, Firuz Zanuzi Jalali
- Literary criticism: The Mirror’s Rite, "Hossein-Ali Qobadi"
- Documentation and historiography: The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) from Existence to Extinction, by the Political Studies and Research Institute.
2009[5]
- Top winner: (no winner)
- Novel: Paytakht Hall, Mohammad-Ali Gudni, and Namira ('Immortal'), Sadegh Karamyar (co-winners)
- Literary criticism: Language of Mysticism, Alireza Fuladi, and Theater of Myths, Naghmeh Samini (co-winners)
- Documentation and historiography: , Seyyedeh Azam Hosseini
2010
2011[1]
- Top winner: The War Road, Mansur Anvari
2012[6] [7]
- Top winner: (no winner)
- Literary criticism: Rumi-Like on the Silent Secrets by Ali Mohammadi Asiabadi and Crimson Wisdom by Taqi Purnamdarian
- Memoir: Noureddin, Son of Iran by Masumeh Sepehri
2013
- No winner in any categories.[9] However, works were said to be "praiseworthy" for Mahmoud Fotouhi, Sohrab Yazdani, Safaoding Tabraeian and Amir Razagh Zadeh.
2014
2015[10]
- No works in the categories of short story, literary criticism, or documentation were "deemed worthy".
- Novel: Fall Is the Last Season by Nasim Marashi and The Well-Behaved Girl by Shahriar Abbasi shared the Novel prize.
2016[11]
Each winner received 10 Bahar Azadi gold coins.
- Novel: Barren by Mohammadreza Bairami
2017[12]
2018[13] [14]
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.tehrantimes.com/index.php/component/content/article/92700 " “War Road” author not surprised over lucrative Jalal award"
- http://english.irib.ir/radioculture/art/persian-literature/writers/item/78645-5000-works-compete-in-4th-jalal-al-e-ahmad-award "5000 works compete in 4th Jalal Al-e Ahmad Award"
- Web site: 2022-02-02. Documentation category books sole Jalal Literary Award winners. 2022-02-04. Tehran Times. en. 2022-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20220204071803/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/469767/Documentation-category-books-sole-Jalal-Literary-Award-winners. live.
- http://old.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=183260 "Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Award selects no winner"
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101205140115/http://www.mehrnews.com/en/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1201075 "No works deserve Iran’s most lucrative literary award this year"
- Web site: Over 4000 works submitted for 5th Jalal Al-e Ahmad Award . Iran Book News Agency . 2 Oct 2012 . October 3, 2012.
- Web site: No winner selected for Iran's most lucrative literary awards this year . . . 25 November 2012 . November 26, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121210083837/http://www.tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/103523-no-winner-selected-for-irans-most-lucrative-literary-awards-this-year . 10 December 2012 . dead .
- Web site: اکبر صحرایی به "آروزی چهارم" رسید . 5 July 2015. Persian . . 20 August 2015.
- Web site: No Winner Announced for Jalal Ale Ahmad Award . Iran Book News Agency . 23 November 2013 . November 24, 2013 . 25 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131125121246/http://www.ibna.ir/vdcc0eqso2bq4p8.-ya2.html . live .
- Web site: "Fall Is the Last Season", "Well-Behaved Girl" share Jalal literary award . . Tehran Times Culture Desk . November 22, 2015 . November 21, 2015 . November 22, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151122131229/http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=251046 . live .
- Web site: Novel on blight of war tops at Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards . Tehran Times . December 25, 2016 . December 27, 2016 . December 26, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161226095813/http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/409452/Novel-on-blight-of-war-tops-at-Jalal-Al-e-Ahmad-Literary-Awards . live .
- Web site: Five novels competing in Jalal Literary Awards . . December 29, 2017 . December 30, 2017 . December 30, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230220/http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/419808/Five-novels-competing-in-Jalal-Literary-Awards . live .
- Web site: یازدهمین جایزه ادبی جلال آل احمد، برندگان خود را شناخت . adabiatirani.com . December 2018 . Persian . December 10, 2018 . December 27, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211227230501/http://jalal.adabiatirani.com/1397/09/18/%db%8c%d8%a7%d8%b2%d8%af%d9%87%d9%85%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%ac%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%b2%d9%87-%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a8%db%8c-%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a2%d9%84-%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af%d8%8c-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%86%d8%af/ . dead .
- Web site: Reza Amirkhani's "Salvation" named best novel at Jalal literary awards . Tehran Times . December 9, 2018 . December 10, 2018 . December 14, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181214064636/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/430450/Reza-Amirkhani-s-Salvation-named-best-novel-at-Jalal-literary . live .
