Farnoosh moshiri biography channel

Iranian born writer Farnoosh Moshiri has degrees from the College of Dramatic Arts of Tehran, The University of Iowa, and University of Houston.

She has taught literature, playwriting, and creative writing in Universities of Tehran, Kabul, Houston, and Syracuse. Married Akbar Afra, March 20, 1973 (divorced July 1, 1986).

Associate professor of English Montgomery College, Conroe, since 2001.

Achievements

• Farnoosh M. Moshiri has been listed as a noteworthy language educator, literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Bathhouse: A Novel (Bluestreak)

    (With intense emotion and great literary skill, Farnoosh M...)

  • At the Wall of the Almighty: A Novel (Emerging Voices Series)

    ( About the Author: Farnoosh Moshiri grew up in a literar...)

  • The Crazy Dervish and the Pomegranate Tree

    (Awarded the Black Heron Press Prize for Social Fiction.

    She lived in refugee camps of Afghanistan and India for four years before emigrating to the U.S. in 1987. Among other awards and fellowships, she is the recipient of two Barbara Deming Awards (a grant to feminist writers whose work speaks of peace and social justice); two consecutive Black Heron Awards for Social Fiction, and a Valiente (courage) Award from Voices Breaking Boundaries for artists who have taken risks to speak out and act as advocates.

    In 1983, she fled her country after a massive arrest of secular intellectuals, feminists, and political activists.

    Background

    Moshiri, Farnoosh M. was born on July 14, 1951, in Tehran, Iran. This was after a massive arrest of secular intellectuals, feminists, and political activists who were all executed by the Islamic regime in 1988.

    Member of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association S. W., Association of Poets and Writers. The Bathhouse, her second novel, has been translated into several European and Asian languages. I...)

Membership

Member of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association S.

W., Association of Poets and Writers. Currently she teaches creative writing at the University of Houston-Downtown.