Sudabeh Mohafez () born 1963 in

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is a German author.

Biography

Sudabeh Mohafez studied

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and

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. She worked at various

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s in the field of violence prevention. After many years in Berlin and a few in

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, she now lives as a freelance writer in

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. Sudabeh Mohafez is author of

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, poems, portraits and theaterplays. She received several literary scholarships and the

Adelbert von Chamisso Prize The Adelbert von Chamisso Prize () was a German literary award established in 1985, given to a work whose author's mother tongue is not German, as was the case for Adelbert von Chamisso. It was offered by the Robert Bosch Stiftung. In addition to ...

. She was Poetic lecturer at the

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. In January 2008, her literary blog was awarded with the Isla-Volante Literature Prize, while in May of the same year she won the MDR-Literaturpreis.

Works

* ''Wüstenhimmel Sternenland'', Erzählungen. Arche Verlag Zürich/Hamburg 2004, * ''Gespräch in Meeresnähe'', Roman. Arche Verlag, Zürich/Hamburg 2005, * ''brennt'', Roman. DuMont Verlag, Köln 2010, * ''das zehn-zeilen-buch", 52 ultra kurzgeschichten.'' Edition AZUR, Dresden 2010, * ''Vorlesungen der Wiesbadener Poetikdozentur.'' In: ''nehmen sie mich beim wort im kreuzverhör.'' Fischer Verlag, 2010. * ''Das Eigenartige Haus'', (Illustr.: Rittiner und Gomez). edition taberna kritika, Bern 2012, * "Kitsune. Three micro-novels", (Illustr.: Rittiner und Gomez). edition AZUR, Dresden 2016,

Awards

* Scholarship literature of the Landes Baden-Württemberg * Scholarship of the Deutschen Literaturfonds * Scholarship of the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung * Scholarship of the

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* Scholarship of the Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Kultur * Residency at the art academy of Schloss Wiepersdorf * Residency at the Stuttgarter Schriftstellerhaus * Writer in Residence at the

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* Writer in Residence at the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

* Nominated for the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis 2008 * Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Förderpreis * MDR-Literaturpreis * Isla-Volante-Literaturprize for the literary webblog ''zehn zeilen'' * Poetics lecturer at the

External links

*
Website-Titel

das zehn-zeilen-buch

auf: www.welt.de, 25. Februar 2006

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohafez, Sudabeh German women novelists 1963 births Writers from Tehran Living people Iranian emigrants to Germany Iranian people of German descent German women dramatists and playwrights 21st-century German dramatists and playwrights 21st-century German novelists People associated with Queen Mary University of London People associated with the University of Nottingham 21st-century German women writers