Fariba Vafi

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name = Fariba Vafi


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birthdate = 1962
birthplace = Tabriz, Iran
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nationality = Iranian
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education = Secondary School
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genre = Realistic Novel
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Fariba Vafi (born 1962 in Tabriz, Iran) is an Iranian author.

Vafi currently lives in Tehran with her husband, daughter, and son. She started to write short stories at a very young age. Some of her stories were published in Persian language literary magazines like Adineh. Her first short story collection titled "Dar Omg-e-sahneh" (In Depth of the Stage) was published in 1986. The second work was a short story collection named "Hatta Vaqti Mikhandidim" (Even When We Were Laughing) in 1999. This work has been translated into Turkish under the title of "Exhausted from the Game". The novel of "Parande-ye-man" (My Bird) awarded Iranian "Yalda" Literary Prize along with "Qolshiri" Prize in 2002. The work was admired by Mehrqan and Isfahan Prize Jury too. After these, she published "Tarlan" and "Rowyay-e-Tabbat" (Dream of Tibet) novels in 2006 and 2007. Her recent work is "Razi dar Kucheha" (A Mystery at Alleys) and she is preparing the novel of "Dar Rah-e-vila" (On the Way to Villa). [http://bayqush.ca/1970/12/1962.html ]

Works

*Dar Omq-e-sahneh (In Depth of the Stage), Short Story Collection, Cheshmeh Publishers, 1986
*Hatta Vaqti Mikhandidim (Even When We Were Laughing), Short story collection, 1999
*Parande-ye-man (My Bird), Novel
*Tarlan, Novel
*Rowyay-e-Tabbat (Dream of Tibet), Novel
*Razi dar Kucheha" (A Mystery at Alleys), Novel

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