Ghazaleh Alizadeh ( ; 15 February 1949 – 12 May 1996) (née Fatemeh Alizadeh) was an

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and writer. Her mother, Monirosadat Seyedi, shared her literary talents as both a poet and writer. Alizadeh was married twice, and with her husband

Bijan Elahi Bijan Elahi (; ; 7 July 1945 – 1 December 2010) was an Iranian modernist poet and translator. He was for most of his life known as a leading figure of a modernist Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual ar ...

, she had a daughter named Salma. Additionally, she adopted two girls who had survived the 1961

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earthquake.

Biography

She was an introvert, smart, and energetic student during her school years. She earned her diploma in

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from Mahasti High School and became a

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around the same time. Alizadeh obtained her BA in

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from

Tehran University The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

before moving to France to study philosophy and cinema at

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. Although she initially went to Paris to pursue a PhD in law, she switched her focus to

illuminationism Illuminationism ( Persian حكمت اشراق ''hekmat-e eshrāq'', Arabic: حكمة الإشراق ''ḥikmat al-ishrāq'', both meaning "Wisdom of the Rising Light"), also known as ''Ishrāqiyyun'' or simply ''Ishrāqi'' ( Persian اشراق, Ar ...

and planned to write her dissertation on

Rumi Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (), or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi '' faqih'' (jurist), Maturidi theologian (''mutakallim''), and Sufi mystic born during the Khwarazmian Empire ...

. However, she abandoned her studies following the sudden death of her father. She began her literary career in Mashhad, writing short stories. Her major work was the novel Khaneye Edrisiha (The Edrissis' House) (

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: خانه ادریسیها). Her short stories include ''The Crossroad'', ''After Summer'', and ''The In-transitory Journey''. Additionally, she wrote the novels ''Two Landscapes'' and ''Tehran Nights''. Some of her works have been translated into English by Rosa Jamali. While battling cancer, she attempted suicide twice. In May 1996, she ultimately took her own life by hanging herself from a tree in Javaher Deh, Ramsar,

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. Her body was buried at Emamzadeh Taher cemetery. A documentary titled ''Ghazaleh Alizadeh Trial'' has been produced about her life.

Books

Novels

*'' Two views'' *'' Edrissis' House'' (two volumes) *'' Tehran's nights''

Stories

*" After summer" *" Impassable travel"

Other

*'' Halls'' *'' House's dream and downfall nightmare''

References

External links

نشریه الکترونیکی سه پنج (صدای مستقل ادبیات ایران)انتشار صدای غزاله علیزاده

دانشجویان «محاکات غزاله علیزاده» و «نقل‌گرد آفرید» را می‌بینند

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20091220023255/http://www.radiozamaneh.org/radiocity/2007/03/post_164.html مستند "غزاله علیزاده" کلید می‌خورد
نگاهی کوتاه به رمان شبهای تهران. سایت آفتاب

«"محاکات غزاله علیزاده" اجازه حضور نیافت»

فیلم زندگی "غزاله علیزاده"اردیبهشت آماده نمایش می‌شود. روزنامه آفتاب یزد

نافه، ویژه غزاله علیزاده

* * ttp://thehouseofedrisis.yolasite.com/ Ghazaleh Alizadeh's THE HOUSE OF EDRISIS, translated by Rosa Jamali 1947 births 1996 deaths Iranian women poets Iranian women novelists Iranian novelists Suicides by hanging in Iran University of Tehran alumni Burials at Emamzadeh Taher Iranian women short story writers 20th-century Iranian short story writers People from Mashhad 20th-century Iranian women writers 20th-century Iranian poets 21st-century Iranian women writers 21st-century Iranian poets 1996 suicides Suicides in Iran {{Iran-writer-stub