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{{short description|Iranian writer}}
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'''Shirin Nezammafi''' ({{lang-fa|شیرین نظام‌مافی}}; {{lang-ja|シリン・ネザマフィ}}) is an Iranian writer who resides in Japan. Though her native language is Persian, she writes in Japanese. She is fluent in [[English language|English]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]].
'''Shirin Nezammafi''' ({{langx|fa|شیرین نظام‌مافی}}; {{langx|ja|シリン・ネザマフィ}}) is an Iranian writer who resides in Japan. Though her native language is Persian, she writes in Japanese. She is fluent in [[English language|English]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Nezammafi was born in [[Tehran]] in 1970, Iran and moved to Japan in 1999. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nippon.com/en/authordata/shirin-nezammafi/ | title= Shirin Nezammafi | publisher = nippon.com }}</ref> Shirin Nezammafi is a graduate of Kobe University, where she received her B.S. in Systems Engineering in 2004 and her M.S. in Information Technology in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://ceas.sas.upenn.edu/events/shirin-nezammafi-border-crossing-literature-fascinating-discovery-whole-new-world | title= Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World" | publisher = University of Pennsylvania }}</ref> After graduation she joined [[Panasonic|Panasonic Corporation]] in Japan.<ref>{{cite web
Nezammafi was born in [[Tehran]] in Iran, and moved to Japan in 1999.She has acted in three japanese movies and is a versatile stage actor.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nippon.com/en/authordata/shirin-nezammafi/ | title= Shirin Nezammafi | publisher = nippon.com }}</ref> Shirin Nezammafi is a graduate of Kobe University, where she received her B.S. in Systems Engineering in 2004 and her M.S. in Information Technology in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://ceas.sas.upenn.edu/events/shirin-nezammafi-border-crossing-literature-fascinating-discovery-whole-new-world | title= Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World" | publisher = University of Pennsylvania }}</ref> After graduation she joined [[Panasonic|Panasonic Corporation]] in Japan.<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> She is currently working at the Dubai subsidiary.
}}</ref> She is currently working at the Dubai subsidiary.


In 2009, Nezammafi was nominated for the [[Akutagawa Prize]] and is the third writer from a country that doesn't use [[kanji]] to ever to be nominated for it.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/07/03/national/iranian-writer-up-for-akutagawa-prize/|title=Iranian writer up for Akutagawa Prize|date=2009-07-03|work=The Japan Times Online|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-US|issn=0447-5763}}</ref>
Nezammafi won the [[Bungakukai]] Shinjinsho Award (the New Authors Prize) in 2009 for her second book, ''White Paper''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A203955286/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=34191cfa |title= Iranian's novel nominated for 2nd book award |publisher = Iran Times International }}</ref> She was the second non-Japanese author to accomplish so (and the first from a nation whose native tongue does not utilize Chinese characters).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/shirin-nezammafi | title= Contributor Shirin Nezammafi | publisher = WORDS without BORDERS}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last= Bett |first= Sam |date= 2018 |title= Beyond the Circle: Minority Voices of Japan. |url= |magazine= Words Without Borders |location= Japan |publisher= |issn= 1936-1459 |access-date=}}</ref> In 2009, Nezammafi was nominated for the [[Akutagawa Prize]] and is the third writer from a country that doesn't use [[kanji]] to ever to be nominated for it.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A200878313/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=be0c879e |title= IN THE NEWS / Iranian writer finds her voice in Japanese |publisher = Financial Times Ltd }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/07/03/national/iranian-writer-up-for-akutagawa-prize/|title=Iranian writer up for Akutagawa Prize|date=2009-07-03|work=The Japan Times Online|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-US|issn=0447-5763}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.payvand.com/news/09/apr/1184.html | title= Iranian woman wins Japan literary award for newcomers | publisher = Payvand }}</ref>


== Publications ==
== Publications ==


*"Shiroikami / Salam" ([[Bungeishunju]], 2009-8-7, {{ISBN|4163284109}})<ref>{{cite web|url= https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19665321W/Shiroi_kami | title= Shiroi kami Saramu by Shirin Nezammafi | publisher = Internet Archive }}</ref>
*"Shiroikami / Salam" ([[Bungeishunju]], 2009-8-7, {{ISBN|4163284109}})<ref>{{cite web|url= https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19665321W/Shiroi_kami | title= Shiroi kami Saramu by Shirin Nezammafi | publisher = Internet Archive }}</ref>

Among her other works are:
* short story {{cite book |last= Nezammafi |first= Shirin |author-link= Shirin Nezammafi |date= |title= Saramu |url= https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/4163284109/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0 |location= |publisher= |page= |isbn= 978-4-163-28410-1}}, winner of the 2006 Japanese Literary Award for International Students,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://ceas.sas.upenn.edu/events/shirin-nezammafi-border-crossing-literature-fascinating-discovery-whole-new-world | title= Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World" | publisher = University of Pennsylvania }}</ref>
* ''Hakudo'' (Pulse) also nominated for the Akutagawa Prize in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-JRTB-2018 | title= An Iranian Novelist Who Publishes in Japanese Has Been Nominated For A Prestigious Award | publisher = The Wall Street Journal }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A219105380/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=0d03432e |title= Japan's Iran moment |publisher = International Herald Tribune }}</ref> and
* ''Mimi no ue no choucho'' (The Butterfly on the Ear) in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://ceas.sas.upenn.edu/events/shirin-nezammafi-border-crossing-literature-fascinating-discovery-whole-new-world | title= Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World" | publisher = University of Pennsylvania }}</ref>


== Prizes ==
== Prizes ==
*2006, Won the Ryugakusei Bungakusho ("Salam")<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/in-the-news-new-nabokov-full-flaubert | title= In the News: New Nabokov, Full Flaubert | publisher = The New Yorker }}</ref>
*2006, Won the Ryugakusei Bungakusho ("Salam")<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/in-the-news-new-nabokov-full-flaubert | title= In the News: New Nabokov, Full Flaubert | publisher = The New Yorker }}</ref>
*2009-4, Won the 108th Bungakukai shinjinsho ("Shiroikami")<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/shirin-nezammafi | title= Contributor Shirin Nezammafi | publisher = WORDS without BORDRES }}</ref>
*2009-4, Won the 108th Bungakukai shinjinsho ("Shiroikami")<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/shirin-nezammafi | title= Contributor Shirin Nezammafi | publisher = WORDS without BORDRES }}</ref>
*2009-7, Shortlisted for the 141st Akutagawa Prize ("Shiroikami")
*2009-7, Shortlisted for the 141st Akutagawa Prize ("Shiroikami")<ref>{{cite web|url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A208444758/AONE?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=3086998a |title= Iranian woman's challenge |publisher = Financial Times Ltd }}</ref>
*2010-7, Shortlisted for the 143rd Akutagawa Prize ("Hakudou")
*2010-7, Shortlisted for the 143rd Akutagawa Prize ("Hakudou")<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2010/08/01/editorials/the-changing-book-world/|title=The changing book world|date=2009-07-03|work=The Japan Times Online|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-US|issn=0447-5763}}</ref>


== Other activities ==
== Other activities ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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==External links/References==
* [https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2010-77339/ Shirin Nezammafi, WorldCat]
* [https://www.amazon.com/Shirin-Nezammafi/e/B004LWDPJ6/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk List of Nezammafi's publications]


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[[Category:Kobe University alumni]]
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[[Category:People from Tehran]]
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Latest revision as of 07:32, 14 December 2024

Shirin Nezammafi (Persian: شیرین نظام‌مافی; Japanese: シリン・ネザマフィ) is an Iranian writer who resides in Japan. Though her native language is Persian, she writes in Japanese. She is fluent in English, Persian and Japanese.

Biography

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Nezammafi was born in Tehran in Iran, and moved to Japan in 1999.She has acted in three japanese movies and is a versatile stage actor.[1] Shirin Nezammafi is a graduate of Kobe University, where she received her B.S. in Systems Engineering in 2004 and her M.S. in Information Technology in 2006.[2] After graduation she joined Panasonic Corporation in Japan.[3] She is currently working at the Dubai subsidiary.

Nezammafi won the Bungakukai Shinjinsho Award (the New Authors Prize) in 2009 for her second book, White Paper.[4] She was the second non-Japanese author to accomplish so (and the first from a nation whose native tongue does not utilize Chinese characters).[5][6] In 2009, Nezammafi was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize and is the third writer from a country that doesn't use kanji to ever to be nominated for it.[7][8][9]

Publications

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  • "Shiroikami / Salam" (Bungeishunju, 2009-8-7, ISBN 4163284109)[10]

Among her other works are:

Prizes

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  • 2006, Won the Ryugakusei Bungakusho ("Salam")[15]
  • 2009-4, Won the 108th Bungakukai shinjinsho ("Shiroikami")[16]
  • 2009-7, Shortlisted for the 141st Akutagawa Prize ("Shiroikami")[17]
  • 2010-7, Shortlisted for the 143rd Akutagawa Prize ("Hakudou")[18]

Other activities

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  • Appearing in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs official video, Omotenashi: Japan Fascinating Diversity, 2012
  • Commemorative lecture at Kobe University entrance ceremony of the academic year 2012

References

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  1. ^ "Shirin Nezammafi". nippon.com.
  2. ^ "Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World"". University of Pennsylvania.
  3. ^ "文学界新人賞　パナソニックＳＥ・ネザマフィさんに聞く". Asahi Newspaper. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
  4. ^ "Iranian's novel nominated for 2nd book award". Iran Times International.
  5. ^ "Contributor Shirin Nezammafi". WORDS without BORDERS.
  6. ^ Bett, Sam (2018). "Beyond the Circle: Minority Voices of Japan". Words Without Borders. Japan. ISSN 1936-1459.
  7. ^ "IN THE NEWS / Iranian writer finds her voice in Japanese". Financial Times Ltd.
  8. ^ "Iranian writer up for Akutagawa Prize". The Japan Times Online. 2009-07-03. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  9. ^ "Iranian woman wins Japan literary award for newcomers". Payvand.
  10. ^ "Shiroi kami Saramu by Shirin Nezammafi". Internet Archive.
  11. ^ "Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World"". University of Pennsylvania.
  12. ^ "An Iranian Novelist Who Publishes in Japanese Has Been Nominated For A Prestigious Award". The Wall Street Journal.
  13. ^ "Japan's Iran moment". International Herald Tribune.
  14. ^ "Shirin Nezammafi - "Border-Crossing Literature: A Fascinating Discovery of a Whole New World"". University of Pennsylvania.
  15. ^ "In the News: New Nabokov, Full Flaubert". The New Yorker.
  16. ^ "Contributor Shirin Nezammafi". WORDS without BORDRES.
  17. ^ "Iranian woman's challenge". Financial Times Ltd.
  18. ^ "The changing book world". The Japan Times Online. 2009-07-03. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-07-19.

External links/References

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