Akbar Sahraee

Akbar Sahraee
Born 1960
Shiraz , Iran
Nationality Iran

Akbar Sahraee (Persian: اکبر صحرایی; born in 1960) is an Iranian humorist,[1] and author.[2] He is variously a novelist and playwright. The Iran–Iraq War features heavily in his works.

Life

Akbar Sahraee born on 1339 A.P in Shiraz. He wrote many humorous stories for the theater and many of them became publicly famous. Sahraee begins to write in 1986 when he was 26 years old. His teacher in writing is Shahriar Mandanipour.[3] He studied management at university.[4] He volunteered to join the front during the Iran–Iraq War.[5]

Books

Both of the books translated into English by Sofia Koutlaki.[8]

Awards

Sahraee was one of the writers chosen by the Institute of Iran’s Cultural Fairs to attend the book fair in Frankfurt. The institute had also provided a booklet and a CD of Akbar Sahraee’ works to be showcased at the book fair.[9] He has also won many national awards which include Honorary diploma, Hedayat's literary award in 2003,the first literary Award of Esfehan in 2003.

Sahraee won the 2012 Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Award for writing Hafez Seven novel.[10]

See also

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