Английская Википедия:Gina B. Nahai
Gina B. Nahai (Шаблон:Lang-fa, born 1961) is the author of Cry of the Peacock, Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith, Sunday's Silence and Caspian Rain. Her novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She was also a lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing (MPW) Program[1] at the University of Southern California.
Early life and education
Gina Barkhordar Nahai was born and grew up in Iran during the Shah's reign to a Persian Jewish family,[2][3] and left with her family shortly before the country's revolution.[4] At age 13, she began attending boarding school in Switzerland[4] and later moved to the United States in 1977,[4][5] arriving in Los Angeles the night Elvis Presley died. At the time, she did not realize she was leaving Iran for good.[4] In college, she studied political science, including Iran's pre- and post-revolutionary politics, at the University of California, Los Angeles for both her bachelor's and master's of art degrees.[2][5] Nahai speaks Persian, English, French, and Spanish.[5]
Writing and career
Nahai lives with her family in Los Angeles, where she formerly taught fiction writing at the University of Southern California's Master of Professional Writing program,[5] where she also studied with John Rechy and earned her Master of Professional Writing degree.[5] She previously taught at UCLA and worked at the RAND Corporation.[5] She is a frequent lecturer on Iranian Jewish history and the topic of exile.[5]
Nahai writes frequently for the Los Angeles-based Jewish Journal.[6] She is currently working on a new novel, The Pearl Cannon.
Awards and honors
Nahai and her writings have been nominated for and received numerous awards and honors. Following are some of the more prominent ones:
- 2013: Los Angeles Press Club, Best Columnist (finalist)[7]
- 2008: Persian Heritage Award, first place
- 2007: Caspian Rain nominated by MacAdam/Cage for the National Book Award
- 2007: Caspian Rain nominated by MacAdam/Cage for the Pulitzer Prize
- 2007: Caspian Rain selected as “One of the Best Books of the Year,” Chicago Tribune
- 2002: Simon Rockower Award (winner)
- 2001: Sunday's Silence selected as “One of the Best Books of the Year,” Los Angeles Times
- 2000: Orange Prize for Fiction (finalist)
- 2000: International Dublin Literary Award (finalist)
- 1999: Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith selected as “One of the Best Books of the Year,” Los Angeles Times
- 1992: Cry of the Peacock nominated by Crown Publishers for the Pulitzer Prize
- 1985: Nelson Algren Award, Chicago Magazine (honorable mention)
Bibliography
- Cry of the Peacock (1991)
- Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith (1999)
- Sunday's Silence (2001)
- "Mercy" (an essay in The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt) (2006)
- Caspian Rain (2007)
- The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. (2014)
References
External links
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- "Spinning Jinni" May 30, 1999, New York Times
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