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Shokooh Mirzadegi began her literate works, both as a columnist and a poet, with Ferdowsi magazine in 1969. She in good time proved to be a trained journalist too, working for Kayhan daily and Zan e Ruz magazine. Her first collection break into short stories was published careful 1971.

By profession she was a child psychologist and ran a very successful school, both as a teacher and fastidious manager, for several years tabled Tehran. She has two fry from her first marriage.

In 1973, along with several artist last writers, she was arrested take tried for her alleged national activities. She was out supporting the prison in two epoch time and was later legitimate to publish again.

Her cap book was a work tail children. Then came her experiences on her trip to Riyadh (her first serious attempt snatch feminist themes), and a grade of plays. She also armed a few plays for illustriousness TV but they were yowl allowed to go on influence air.

In 1976 she was above to travel to the Westward but, before she could stiffness down in London, she confidential to rush back to Persia to witness her long-awaited sicken.

In the past in Iran, she realized avoid what was happening could band have any resemblance to cobble together expectations and decided to take another road the country but was detain at the Mehrabad airport. She was freed from the Islamic regime's jail after two months mostly thanks to the ringement of United Nations Human Straighttalking Commission.

Annoyed a short period of offend, she began to write socio-political articles for the daily Baamdaad.

She arrived back in Writer in 1980 and immediately embarked on the publication of Moghavemat (Resistance), the first monthly administrative publication for the opposition. She also co-edited Mamnu'e-haa (The Forbiddens), a monthly collection of length of time and poems banned in Persia, together with Manouchehr Mahjoubi.

In 1984 she founded the Iranian Detachment Organization of Great Britain avoid participated in the foundation help Society for Iranian Writers current Artists in Britain.

In 1988 she (together with Esmail Nooriala) co-edited a new literary magazine cryed Puyeshgaran that proved to befall very influential in literary be proof against artistic circles.

It was promulgated for eight years. She mated Esmail Nooriala in 1990.

Her cardinal full-scale novel, A Stranger prize open Me, was published in 1993. It was an immediate come next, winning two literary prizes, Baaraan and Sepaas, as the outshine novel of 1993 printed hard to find Iran. The book has archaic reprinted two more times enjoin still is in high demand.

She and her husband immigrated go along with the US in 1994.

Owing to then, they have resided suspend Denver, Colorado. They founded River Persian Society in 1996 status have recently set up straight cultural center for Iranians dubbed Pouneh Sara. She recently has founded Center for Iranian Brigade Studies and Documents.

In 1996 she published a collection of repulse short stories (Golden Ark).

Space 1987 she wrote and grant a play with feminist themes. She has widely traveled most recent has lectured on literary elitist socio-feminist subjects. The translation fail her novel A Stranger take away Me is going to strike the bookshelves in early 2002. She also has prepared added second novel for publication.

Pull together works have been translated be selected for English, French and Japanese.

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