Sudabeh Mohafez

Sudabeh Mohafez
Sudabeh Mohafez at the Hausacher Leselenz 2015.
Born	1963 Tehran, Iran
Nationality	German
Occupation	Writer

Sudabeh Mohafez (Persian: سودابه محافظ‎‎, born 1963 in Tehran, Iran) is a German author.

Biography

Sudabeh Mohafez is the daughter of a German mother and an Iranian father. Born in Tehran in 1963, she grew up there.^[1] In her family they spoke German, Persian and French.^[2] In 1979, in the wake of the Iranian Revolution, the family moved to West Berlin.^[3] Sudabeh Mohafez studied music, English studies and pedagogy.^[4] She worked at various Non-governmental organizations in the field of violence prevention.^[5] Having started in 1999, she started to make literary contributions to magazines and Anthology, and she lived from 2001 as a literary editor, translator in and director of writing workshops in Berlin. After a few years living in Lisbon, she works today as a freelance writer in Stuttgart.

Sudabeh Mohafez is author of narratives, novels and theaterplays. She received several literary scholarships and received in 2006 the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize. In the summer semester 2007, she received the Poetics lecturer: young authors of the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences. In January 2008, her literary blog ^[6] was awarded with the Isla-Volante Literature Prize,^[7] while in May of the same year she won the MDR-Literaturpreis.^[8]

Works

• Wüstenhimmel Sternenland, Erzählungen. Arche Verlag Zürich/Hamburg 2004, ISBN 978-3716023327
• Gespräch in Meeresnähe, Roman. Arche Verlag, Zürich/Hamburg 2005, ISBN 978-3716023464
• brennt, Roman. DuMont Verlag, Köln 2010, ISBN 978-3832195731
• das zehn-zeilen-buch", 52 ultra kurzgeschichten. Edition AZUR, Dresden 2010, ISBN 978-3-9812804-6-3
• Vorlesungen der Wiesbadener Poetikdozentur. In: nehmen sie mich beim wort im kreuzverhör. Fischer Verlag, 2010. ISBN 978-3-596-18407-1
• Das Eigenartige Haus, Graphic Novel (Illustr. v. Rittiner und Gomez^[9]). edition taberna kritika, Bern 2012, ISBN 978-3-905846-19-5

Awards

• Scholarship literature of the Landes Baden-Württemberg
• Scholarship of the Deutschen Literaturfonds
• Scholarship of the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung
• Scholarship of the Robert Bosch Stiftung
• Scholarship of the Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Kultur
• Residency at the art academy of Schloss Wiepersdorf
• Residency at the Stuttgarter Schriftstellerhaus
• Writer in Residence at the Queen Mary University of London^[10]
• Writer in Residence at the University of Nottingham^[11]
• Nominated for the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis 2008
• Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Förderpreis
• MDR-Literaturpreis
• Isla-Volante-Literaturprize for the literary webblog zehn zeilen
• Poetics lecturer at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences

External links

• Literature by and about Sudabeh Mohafez in the German National Library catalogue
• http://www.sudabehmohafez.de/
• http://das-zehn-zeilen-buch.de/
• "Es gibt ein Teheran in mir" auf: www.welt.de, 25. Februar 2006
• Biographisches Interview (BR / Video / ca. 50 min)

References

1. "Poetikdozentur: junge Autoren - Sudabeh Mohafez". Hochschule RheinMain University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden Rüsselsheim. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
2. "Blickpunkt Iran in Salzburg". DERSTANDARD. derStandard.at. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
3. "Blickpunkt Iran in Salzburg". DERSTANDARD. derStandard.at. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
4. "Poetikdozentur: junge Autoren - Sudabeh Mohafez". Hochschule RheinMain University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden Rüsselsheim. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
5. "Poetikdozentur: junge Autoren - Sudabeh Mohafez". Hochschule RheinMain University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden Rüsselsheim. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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7. htm Isla-Volante Literature Prize
8. 5215584.html MDR Literature Competition
9. das eigenartige haus | rittiner gomez
10. Writer in Residence Queen Mary University of London
11. Writer in Residence Nottingham/UK