Hosain Sanapour ( fa, حسین سناپور, born 1960) is an Iranian
writer.
Biography
Sanapour earned a degree in
natural resources and started to
write from his late years in
university, sometimes
stories
Story or stories may refer to:
Common uses
* Story, a narrative (an account of imaginary or real people and events)
** Short story, a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting
* Story (American English), or storey (British ...
, sometimes
screenplay
''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993.
Background
After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, fe ...
s and later literary critique and movie reviews. He had been present, since 1990, in Hooshang Golshiri's classes and then sessions, which, allegedly, were effective in his learning of writing techniques.
He has been active in
journalism since 1993, writing on literature and
arts and in four different
newspapers. Prior to that, his articles were published in literary and cinematic publications. He has given lectures on story writing in recent years.
Works and Publications
* His first book was a long novel for teenagers: ''The Village Boys''
* ''Afsane and long night''.
* In 1999, his novel ''The Absent Half''
was published by Cheshme publication house.
* ''You are coming ruin'', was published, and was nominated for a few awards.
* Sanapour also published a collection of articles on novel-writing in 2003.
* In year 2004 he published the story collection titled ''With open guard''
* In 2005, ''Dark side of words'' was published, also by Cheshme publication house.
* He wrote a story called "Lips on a Blade" that was barred from publication by the government for nearly two years.
* ''Edge to Edge'' Persian Edition
* He also compiled a book on
Golshiri titled ''Hamkhanie Kateban''.
* ''A Home Must Be a Home'' (Co-authored), 2013
* ''Perceived Differently'' (Co-authored), 2013
Awards and Nominations
* ''Dark side of open words'' won the 2006
Hooshang Golshiri Literary Award The Hooshang Golshiri Literary Award is an Iranian literary award notable for being one of the few literary awards in Iran that is run by a non-governmental organization. Established in 2000, the award is sponsored by the non-profit Golshiri Founda ...
for Best Short Story Collection.
* ''With open guard'' was also nominated for several awards, but didn’t win any of them.
* Mehregan Award'' (by Peka Institute) and then co-awarded the Yalda Award for his novel ''The Absent Half''
References
External references
The Absent Half novel previewInterview with ''The Parsagon Review''Hossein Sanapour: A brief history of Iran's modern literature- British CouncilList of Hossein Sanapour's publication/books Ceremony]
Iranian writers
Persian-language writers
Iranian journalists
People from Tehran
1960 births
Living people
Iranian male short story writers
Iranian Writers Association members
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