Laleh Khadivi
Encyclopedia
Life
Shortly after the Iranian RevolutionIranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
, Khadivi emigrated to the United States with her family, settling in the San Francisco Bay Area.
She graduated from Reed College
Reed College
Reed College is a private, independent, liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus located in Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor-Gothic style, and a forested canyon wilderness...
and from Mills College
Mills College
Mills College is an independent liberal arts women's college founded in 1852 that offers bachelor's degrees to women and graduate degrees and certificates to women and men. Located in Oakland, California, Mills was the first women's college west of the Rockies. The institution was initially founded...
with an MFA.
In 2002 she began to research the Kurds, particularly their fate in the southwestern region of Iran under the first Shah.
She has worked extensively as a documentary filmmaker.
She taught at Emory University
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
as the 2007-2009 Fiction Fellow. She currently resides in California. She will teach a class at Santa Clara University this fall 2010.
Awards
- 2008 Whiting Writers' AwardWhiting Writers' AwardThe Whiting Writers' Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation and has been presented since 1985. As of 2007, winners receive US $50,000.-External links:**...
- Carl Djerassi Fellowship
- Emory Fiction Fellowship
- Soros Foundation Award
Works
- The Walking
- A map to the dead, Mills College, 2006