Saeed Akef

Saeed Akef is an Iranian author and memoir writer who often writes about the Iran–Iraq War. His books have been one of the most widely published books about that war. Borunsi has been reprinted more than 200 times since its first edition, and is amongst the bestselling books in Iran. Nasime Taghdir has been a nominee in the 10th Holy Defense Year Book Award.

Life and careers

Saeed Akef was born in Tehran in 1972. He completed his primary education in Tehran. After a while he became interested in the field of religious studies and therefore immigrated to Mashhad to continue his studies. He was deployed to the front at the end year of the Iran–Iraq War and spent about three months there. He spent his teenage years practicing writing. Akef began writing small articles for newspapers. Since 1985, he encouraged his writing skills by participating in storytelling and story criticism classes. After the war, he became interested in writing about the war and began writing biographies of martyrs. After some time working in the field of the Iran–Iraq War, Akef established a publishing house and entered the publishing industry. He has published dozens of books so far, some of which have received awards.

Awards

Akef's book Nasime Taghdir was one of the top selected books of the 10th Holy Defense Year Book Award in 2006. It also won third place in the Oral Memories section of the same festival.

Translated book

Akef's book KhakHaye Narme Kushk, has been translated into English, Arabic and Urdu. The English translation has been published under the English title Borunsi. The Urdu translation has been published under the Urdu title Goodbye Baba in India.