Hossein Sanapour
Appearance
Hosain Sanapour | |
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Born | 1960 |
Nationality | Iranian |
Occupation | Writer |
Hosain Sanapour (Persian: حسین سناپور, born 1960) is an Iranian writer.
Biography
[edit]Sanapour earned a degree in natural resources and started to write from his late years in university, sometimes stories, sometimes screenplays and later literary critique and movie reviews. He had been present, since 1990, in Hooshang Golshiri's classes and then sessions, which, allegedly, were effective in his learning of writing techniques.[1]
He has been active in journalism since 1993, writing on literature and arts and in four different newspapers. Prior to that, his articles were published in literary and cinematic publications. He has given lectures on story writing in recent years.[when?]
Works and Publications
[edit]- His first book was a long novel for teenagers: The Village Boys
- Afsane and long night.
- In 1999, his novel The Absent Half[2] was published by Cheshme publication house. ISBN 978-9-645-57103-8
- Sanapour, Hossein (2011). Ba Gard-e Baz. p. 144. ISBN 9-64-362125-1. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- You are coming ruin, was published, and was nominated for a few awards.
- Sanapour also published a collection of articles on novel writing in 2003.
- In the year 2004 he published the story collection titled With open guard
- In 2005, Dark side of words was published, also by Cheshme publication house. ISBN 9-643-62247-9
- He wrote a story called "Lips on a Blade" that was barred from publication by the government for nearly two years.[when?][citation needed]
- Edge to Edge Persian Edition
- He also compiled a book on Golshiri titled Hamkhanie Kateban.
- A Home Must Be a Home (Co-authored), 2013
- Gholamreza, Emrani (2018). Farhang, Omrani (ed.). Perceived Differently. p. 588. ISBN 978-6-009-09902-3. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
Awards and nominations
[edit]- Dark side of open words won the 2006 Hooshang Golshiri Literary Award for Best Short Story Collection.[3]
- With open guard was also nominated for several awards, but didn't win any of them.
- Mehregan Award (by Peka Institute) and then co-awarded the Yalda Award for his novel The Absent Half
Further reading
[edit]- Nikfar, M; Bameshki, S; Mahdavy, MJ (2017). "Skaz in the Mind Stories of Hossein Sanapour". New Literary Studies. 50 (2): 75-98. doi:10.22067/jls.v50i2.68869. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- Shahrazad, M; Bahadur, B; Hossein, AM; Qoli, SN (2017). "Improving the fit of the behavior and speech of the protagonists with their personality is one of the stylistic features of the 80s novel writing". Stylistics of Persian Poetry and Prose (Bahar Adeb). 41 (1): 21-40. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
References
[edit]- ^ "Iranian author's 'The Smoke' was released after eight years". Iran's Book News Agency (IBNA).
- ^ "Refworld: Publishers Hit by Government Curbs". UNHCR. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ^ Shataw Naseri (5 June 2014). "Houshang Golshiri Awards". The Parsagon Review. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
External references
[edit]- The Absent Half novel preview
- Interview with The Parsagon Review
- Hossein Sanapour: A brief history of Iran's modern literature- British Council
- List of Hossein Sanapour's publication/books
- Hossein Sanapour at the 7th Hooshang Golshiri Literary Awards Ceremony[permanent dead link ]