- Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh is an American playwright and author living in
New York City .He spent his childhood in the Socialist Workers Party. He was born in
Brooklyn , New York, to a Muslim father and a Jewish mother. He was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [ [http://www.sayrafiezadeh.com/Bio.html Biography web page, Said Sayrafiezadeh web site, retrieved December 9, 2006.] ] [ [http://www.opencity.org/said.html Sayrafiezadeh, S., "My Mother and the Stranger", Open City Magazine, Summer 2003, Issue No. 17, Open City, Inc., New York, retrieved December 9, 2006.] ]His observations of life in New York and personal essays have been contributed to the online literary site "Mr. Bellers Neighborhood". [ [http://www.mrbellersneighborhood.com/results.php?keyword=Sayrafiezadeh "Mr. Bellers Neighborhood" literary web site, Said Sayrafiezadeh web search page, retrieved December 9, 2006.] ]
His plays include "New York is Bleeding, Autobiography of a Terrorist, The World Might Be Uninhabited, All Fall Away, Long Dream in Summer".
These have been produced or read at
South Coast Repertory ,New York Theatre Workshop , TheHumana Festival of New American Plays , The Lark Theatre, and at TheSundance Institute .His fiction work includes "When Skateboards Will Be Free" published in the literary journal "Granta 91: Wish You Were Here" [ [http://www.granta.com/back-issues/91?usca_p=t "Granta 91: Wish You Were Here" web site, Table of Contents, retrieved December 9, 2006.] ] and "Most Livable City" published in "
The Paris Review ". [ [http://www.theparisreview.com/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5603 Sayrafiezadeh, S, "Most Livable City" (on-line abstract), The Paris Review, Spring 2006, Issue No. 176, retrieved December 9, 2006] ]References
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