Reza Amirkhani
Reza Amirkhani is a contemporary Iranian novelist.
He started writing in high school with the Ermia novel.
He has studied mechanical engineering at Sharif University of Technology and is a graduate of National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents; he also writes essays and researches about scientific & social problems.
There are also Dastan-e-Sistan and Nasht-e-Nesha written by him that describe some social problems and their solutions.
Man-e-oo is one of Amirkhani's most well-known works, having been reprinted 38 times. It has been translated into Arabic, Russian, and Turkish.
Works
- 1996:Ermia
- 2000:Naser Armani
- 2002:Az Be
- 2003:Dastan-e-Sistan
- 2005:Nasht-e-Nesha
- 2008:Bi Vatan
- 2010:Sar-Lohe-Ha
- 2010:Nafahat -e- naft
- 2012:Gheydar
- 2018:Rahesh
- 2021: A Half of One-Sixth of Pyongyang
Awards
- Reza Amirkhani's work "Salvation", about the effects of urban expansion on a young couple living in Tehran, was named the best novel at the 11th Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards.
- For his work "Salvation," Amirkhani was nominated for the Islamic Revolution Artist of the Year award in 2019.