Mahasti Shahrokhi
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Mahasti Shahrokhi is an Iranian novelist, poet
, and winner of numerous literary prizes. Her novel, A Shawl as Long as the Silk Road (Baran Publication, Sweden, 1999) attracted critical attention, and Cactus magazine (published in the U.S.) devoted its third publication to this novel. Her recent writings have been published in Another Sea, Another Shore: Persian Stories of Migration (Interlink World Fiction, United States), and The Other Voices International Poetry http://www.othervoicespoetry.org/vol23/shahrokhi/index.html. Her novel Sobh-e Nahan and poetry collection Jomhoori-e Sokoot are due publication.
Mahasti earned her Ph.D.
in literature at the Sorbonne
, France
. She lives in Paris
.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, and winner of numerous literary prizes. Her novel, A Shawl as Long as the Silk Road (Baran Publication, Sweden, 1999) attracted critical attention, and Cactus magazine (published in the U.S.) devoted its third publication to this novel. Her recent writings have been published in Another Sea, Another Shore: Persian Stories of Migration (Interlink World Fiction, United States), and The Other Voices International Poetry http://www.othervoicespoetry.org/vol23/shahrokhi/index.html. Her novel Sobh-e Nahan and poetry collection Jomhoori-e Sokoot are due publication.
Mahasti earned her Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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in literature at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
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, France
France
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. She lives in Paris
Paris
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.
Books
- The Other Voices International poetry Anthology http://www.othervoicespoetry.org/toc.html
- Another Sea, Another Shore (Interlink World Fiction)
- Shaban Nikou
- A Shawl as Long as the Silk Road