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⚫ | '''Ezzat Goushegir''' (Persian: عزت گوشهگیر) is a fiction writer and ] born in ] and living in the U.S. since 1986. | ||
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⚫ | She has published four books in ], including two collections of short stories. | ||
⚫ | '''Ezzat Goushegir''' (Persian: عزت گوشهگیر) is a fiction writer and ] born in ] and living in the U.S. since 1986. |
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She began her playwriting career in 1976 when her first play "Beginning of Bloom" was produced for ] followed by the “Middle East Odyssey” at Culture and Art | |||
⚫ | She has published four books in ], including two collections of short stories. | ||
⚫ | Hall in Tehran. She received her MFA from the ].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://dailypalette.uiowa.edu/index.php?artwork=430 |title=The Daily Palette | accessdate=2009-04-13}}</ref> | ||
⚫ | Since coming to the United States she has been writing in English and ]. Several theater companies U.S., Canada, China, England, Sweden, and Iran have produced her plays. She currently contributes a weekly memoir and many other writings to ], the Persian-language magazine based in ], and since 2003 she has taught at ] in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://snlonline.depaul.edu/Newsletter.pdf | title=Newsletter DePaul University, School for New Learning Online | issue = Spring Quarter 2008-2009| accessdate=2009-04-13}}</ref> | ||
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She is a regular contributor to literary journals, and her writing has appeared in publications in Iran, Europe, and Canada. She was a Fellow Writer in the Iowa City International Writing Program, contributed to the Conference of International Women’s Playwrights, was a Writer-in-Residence at the University of Maryland, also has been a co-director and dramaturge of a reading series at New Federal Theatre in New York. She is a member of “The Dramatists Guild of America” and “The Association of Writers and Writing Program”. | |||
==Works/Publications== | |||
⚫ | Since coming to the United States she has been writing |
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* ''The Bride of Acacias''<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.poetryfoundation.org/events/72010/ezzat-goushegir | title= Ezzat Goushegir | date= 26 January 2023 | publisher = Poetry Foundation }}</ref> | |||
* {{cite book |last= Gousheigir |first= Ezzat |author-link= Ezzat Goushegir |date= 2011 |title= Afghanistan: A Window on the Tragedy |location= |publisher= Oliver Arts & Open Press |pages= 160 |isbn= 978-0-981-98917-4}} | |||
==Work== | |||
* ''Behind the Curtains, the Story of Tahereh''<ref>{{cite book | title=Iranians in Chicagoland (IL) (Images of America) | author=Hamid Akbari and Azar Khounani| |
* ''Behind the Curtains, the Story of Tahereh'' (recipient at a | ||
Norman Felton award)<ref>{{cite book | title=Iranians in Chicagoland (IL) (Images of America) | author=Hamid Akbari and Azar Khounani|isbn=0-7385-3390-4|year=2005| publisher=Arcadia}}</ref> | |||
* ''The Woman, the Room, and Love''<ref>http://www.ferdosi.com/Publisher/PublisherSrchRes.asp?intBkPblrCode=10000001&intBKAllSubjs=1</ref> |
* ''The Woman, the Room, and Love''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ferdosi.com/Publisher/PublisherSrchRes.asp?intBkPblrCode=10000001&intBKAllSubjs=1 |title=Book Search Result |website=www.ferdosi.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014023710/http://ferdosi.com/Publisher/PublisherSrchRes.asp?intBkPblrCode=10000001&intBKAllSubjs=1 |archive-date=2007-10-14}}</ref> | ||
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* ''... And Suddenly the Leopard Cried: WOMAN''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ezzatgoushegir.com/BooksinPersian.html|title = BooksinPersian}}</ref> | ||
* ''Metamorphosis''<ref name="Doolee">http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsG/goushegir-ezzat.html</ref> |
* ''Metamorphosis'',<ref name="Doolee">{{cite web |url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsG/goushegir-ezzat.html |title=Ezzat Goushegir - complete guide to the Playwright and Plays |website=www.doollee.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921051312/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsG/goushegir-ezzat.html |archive-date=2008-09-21}}</ref> a collection of two plays | ||
* {{cite book |last1= Adel |first1= Kevin N |last2= Gousheigir |first2= Ezzat |author-link= Ezzat Goushegir |date= 2010 |title= The Boy and The Red Balloon |location= |publisher= CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|pages= 32 |isbn= 978-1-450-57914-8}} | |||
⚫ | * ''Maryam’s Pregnancy''<ref name="Doolee" /> | ||
* {{cite journal |last= Goushegir |first= Ezzat |date= 2006 |title= Women's Prison, Manijeh Hekmat (director), 2002. |url= |journal= Journal of Middle East Women's Studies |volume= 2 |issue= 1 |pages= 138–140 |doi= 10.2979/MEW.2006.2.1.138 |access-date=}} | |||
⚫ | * ''Migration in the Sun'' a book of poetry. |
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⚫ | * ''Maryam’s Pregnancy''<ref name="Doolee" /> (Won a Richard Maibaum award) | ||
⚫ | * ''Medea Was Born in Fallujah''(anthologized in Witness and Crawdad in 2006) | ||
⚫ | * ''Migration in the Sun'' a book of poetry. | ||
⚫ | * ''Now Smile''<ref>http://www.ezzatgoushegir.com/BooksinEnglish.html</ref> (anthologized in Witness and Crawdad in 2006) | ||
⚫ | * ''Medea Was Born in Fallujah'' (anthologized in Witness and Crawdad in 2006) Vol. 20 Issue 1, p181-188, 8p. {{ISSN|0891-1371}} | ||
⚫ | * ''Now Smile''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ezzatgoushegir.com/BooksinEnglish.html|title = BooksinEnglish}}</ref> (anthologized in Witness and Crawdad in 2006) | ||
* ''Beginning of Bloom'' | * ''Beginning of Bloom'' | ||
* ''The Woman Reluctantly Said Goodbye'' (Persian Edition), 2013.<ref>{{cite book| title= The Woman Reluctantly Said Goodbye | isbn= 978-1490929484 | edition= Persian | last1= Goushegir | first1= Ezzat | date= 6 July 2013 | publisher= CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform }}</ref> {{ISBN|978-1-450-57914-8}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:49, 17 March 2024
Ezzat Goushegir (Persian: عزت گوشهگیر) is a fiction writer and playwright born in Iran and living in the U.S. since 1986.
She has published four books in Persian, including two collections of short stories.
She began her playwriting career in 1976 when her first play "Beginning of Bloom" was produced for Iranian National Television followed by the “Middle East Odyssey” at Culture and Art Hall in Tehran. She received her MFA from the University of Iowa.
Since coming to the United States she has been writing in English and Persian. Several theater companies U.S., Canada, China, England, Sweden, and Iran have produced her plays. She currently contributes a weekly memoir and many other writings to Shahrvand, the Persian-language magazine based in Toronto, and since 2003 she has taught at DePaul University in Chicago. She is a regular contributor to literary journals, and her writing has appeared in publications in Iran, Europe, and Canada. She was a Fellow Writer in the Iowa City International Writing Program, contributed to the Conference of International Women’s Playwrights, was a Writer-in-Residence at the University of Maryland, also has been a co-director and dramaturge of a reading series at New Federal Theatre in New York. She is a member of “The Dramatists Guild of America” and “The Association of Writers and Writing Program”.
Works/Publications
- The Bride of Acacias
- Gousheigir, Ezzat (2011). Afghanistan: A Window on the Tragedy. Oliver Arts & Open Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-981-98917-4.
- Behind the Curtains, the Story of Tahereh (recipient at a
Norman Felton award)
- The Woman, the Room, and Love
- ... And Suddenly the Leopard Cried: WOMAN
- Metamorphosis, a collection of two plays
- Adel, Kevin N; Gousheigir, Ezzat (2010). The Boy and The Red Balloon. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-450-57914-8.
- Goushegir, Ezzat (2006). "Women's Prison, Manijeh Hekmat (director), 2002". Journal of Middle East Women's Studies. 2 (1): 138–140. doi:10.2979/MEW.2006.2.1.138.
- Maryam’s Pregnancy (Won a Richard Maibaum award)
- Migration in the Sun a book of poetry.
- Medea Was Born in Fallujah (anthologized in Witness and Crawdad in 2006) Vol. 20 Issue 1, p181-188, 8p. ISSN 0891-1371
- Now Smile (anthologized in Witness and Crawdad in 2006)
- Beginning of Bloom
- The Woman Reluctantly Said Goodbye (Persian Edition), 2013. ISBN 978-1-450-57914-8
External links
- Official website of the author
- Author's Blog
- Research Conversation | Nasrin Navab and Ezzat Goushegir on “My Name is Inanna”
- Playwright: Ezzat Goushegir
- List of Ezzat Goushegir's other literary works
- Ezzat Goushegir's profile at DePaul University, Chicago
- Ezzat Goushegir- International Writing Program
- Ezzat Goushegir at Poetry Foundation
References
- "The Daily Palette". Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- "Newsletter DePaul University, School for New Learning Online" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- "Ezzat Goushegir". Poetry Foundation. 26 January 2023.
- Hamid Akbari and Azar Khounani (2005). Iranians in Chicagoland (IL) (Images of America). Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-3390-4.
- "Book Search Result". www.ferdosi.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14.
- "BooksinPersian".
- ^ "Ezzat Goushegir - complete guide to the Playwright and Plays". www.doollee.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-21.
- "BooksinEnglish".
- Goushegir, Ezzat (6 July 2013). The Woman Reluctantly Said Goodbye (Persian ed.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1490929484.