Shirin Nezammafi

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

Nezammafi was born in Tehran in 1970, Iran and moved to Japan in 1999. She graduated from Kobe University in 2004 and received her master's degree from the same university in 2006. After graduation she joined Panasonic Corporation in Japan.[1] 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.[2]

Publications
  • "Shiroikami / Salam" (Bungeishunju, 2009-8-7, ISBN 4163284109)

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

Other activities
  • 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
  1. "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.
  2. "Iranian writer up for Akutagawa Prize". The Japan Times Online. 2009-07-03. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
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