Berkeley Lecture Series presents:
A Talk by Shahriar Mandanipour, Writer
Topic: Solitary confinement, Persian Literature
Plus a story reading of “Water’s Memory”
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2015
Time: 5:00 P.M.
(There is also a one day workshop on Saturday August 15. See below for details)
Shahriar Mandanipour has held fellowships at Brown University, Harvard University, Boston College, and at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin. His honors include the Mehregan Award for the best Iranian children’s novel of 2004, the 1998 Golden Tablet Award for best fiction in Iran during the previous two decades, and Best Film Critique at the 1994 Press Festival in Tehran. Mandanipour is the author of nine volumes of fiction, one nonfiction book, and more than 100 essays in literary theory, literature and art criticism, creative writing, censorship, and social commentary. From 1999 until 2007, he was Editor-in-Chief of Asr-e Panjshanbeh (Thursday Evening), a monthly literary journal that after 9 years of publishing was banned. Short works have been published in France, Germany, Denmark, and in languages such Arabic, Turkish, and Kurdish. Mandanipour’s first novel to appear in English, Censoring an Iranian Love Story, translated by Sara Khalili and published by Knopf in 2009 was very well received, and was awarded (Greek ed.) the Athens Prize for Literature for 2011. The novel has been translated and published in 11 other languages and in 13 countries.
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2015
Time: 5:00 P.M.
Place: Evans Building, room 60
University of California Berkeley
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Lecture in Persian
Suggested Donation: $10:00 (No donation expected from students)
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ONE DAY WORKSHOP: There will be a one-day workshop on Saturday August 15, from 11am to 5:30pm, in Berkeley. This workshop is open to everyone interested in learning more about the art of writing stories. If you are interested in participating in this workshop please contact shararesh@yahoo.com .