Shirin Nezammafi
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Shirin Nezammafi is an Iranian writer who resides in Japan. She is a native of Persian
language but writes in Japanese.
in 2004 and received her master's degree from the same university in 2006. After graduation she joined Panasonic Corporation in Japan. Is currently working at Dubai subsidiary.
She is fluent in Japanese
, Persian
and English
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
language but writes in Japanese.
Biography
Nezammafi was born in Tehran, Iran and latter on moved to Japan. She graduated the faculty of Engineering from Kobe UniversityKobe University
Shindai is one of the leading universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.-General Rankings:The university is ranked 10th in 2010 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai...
in 2004 and received her master's degree from the same university in 2006. After graduation she joined Panasonic Corporation in Japan. Is currently working at Dubai subsidiary.
She is fluent in Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
, Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Prizes
- 2006, Won the Ryugakusei Bungakusho（「Salam」）
- 2009-4, Won the 108th Bungakukai shinjinsho（「Shiroikami」）
- 2009-7, Shortlisted for the 141st Akutagawa Prize （「Shiroikami」）
- 2010-7, Shortlisted for the 143rd Akutagawa Prize（「Hakudou」）