Shahla Lahiji
Shahla Lahiji (born 1942) (Persian: شهلا لاهیجی) is an Iranian writer, publisher, translator, and director of Roshangaran, a prominent publishing house on women's issues.
Career and activities
Lahiji established Roshangaran publishing house in 1983, becoming the first female publisher in Iran.[1] As of 2006 Roshangaran published more than 200 titles which are produced by female authors or which are concerned with women's issues.[1] The publishing house received the PEN International prize in the United States and the Pandora prize in the United Kingdom in 2001.[2]
She was one of 19 writers and intellectuals prosecuted for participating in an academic and cultural conference sponsored by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin on 7-9 April 2000 at which political and social reform in Iran were publicly debated.
Books
- The Quest for Identity : The Image of Iranian Women in Prehistory and History, co-authored with Mehrangiz Kar, 1992
- Iran Awakening: One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Life and Country, co-authored with Azadeh Moaveni, 2007
Honours and awards
- 2001 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
- 2006 IPA Publishers' Freedom Prize
See also
References
- 1 2 Loubna H. Skalli (Spring 2006). "Communicating Gender in the Public Sphere: Women and Information Technologies in the MENA Region" (PDF). Journal of Middle East Women's Studies 2 (2): 35–59. doi:10.1353/jmw.2006.0023. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ↑ Wendy Kristianasen (2 April 2004). "Islam’s women fight for their rights". Le Monde diplomatique. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
External links
- Hajir Palaschi, "Interview with Shahla Lahiji on Women's Presence in the Labor Market: No Vocation Must Be Prohibited for Women"
- Tehran's Women Cultural Center Holds Ceremony in honor of Shahla Lahiji
- Roshangaran website