A Talk by Mokhtar Paki, Author & Painter, Feb 21, 2016
Mokhtar Paki born in Shiraz, received his M.A. in architecture from Science & Technology University in Norway, and as a visiting student at Oxford Polytechnic University finished his theses on “Reconstruction of Disaster Stricken Regions”. His professional work includes reconstruction and rehabilitation of schools, and clinics for veterans. He received his second M.A. in Creative-writing from San Francisco State University in 1996.
Since 1987, his short stories and articles have appeared in various journals in Iran, Europe and U.S. His latest novel “Sharhzade Sokoot” has been recently published. Mokhtar is also a painter, and he teaches art.