Chahdortt Djavann

Chahdortt Djavann (* 1967 in Iran ) is a French writer with Iranian-Azerbaijani roots.

Life

Djavann comes from a very wealthy family. She grew up in Tehran . Together with her family, she fled to Paris via Istanbul in 1993 without speaking a word of French.

When she began studying anthropology, she began to study the French language intensively and was later able to publish all of her works in this language. Djavann completed her studies with a Diplôme d'études approfondies (DEA); in her dissertation she dealt with the works of Emil Cioran , Eugène Ionesco and Samuel Beckett , among others .

As a freelancer, she wrote regularly for newspapers such as Le Figaro , Le Journal du Dimanche , Liberation and Le Monde .

Honors

2003 Grand Prix de laïcité
2004 Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
2006 Prix Claude-Farrère

Works (selection)

Fiction

Parvaneh means butterfly (Je viens d'ailleurs, 2002). Ullstein, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-550-08408-0 .
The mute. Roman (La muette, 2008). Goldmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-31231-3 .
Autoportrait de l'autre. Novel . Édition Wespieser, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-84805-017-9 .
Comment peut-on être français? Novel . Flammarion, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-08-068916-9 .

Non-fiction

What does Allah think of Europe? (Que pense Allah de l'Europe? 2004). Ullstein, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-550-07849-8 .
Bas les voiles! Gallimard, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-07-073534-6 .
A mon corps défendant, l'occident. Essai . Flammarion, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-08-120099-9 .
Ne négociez pas avec le régime Irania. Lettre ouverte aux dirigeants . Flammarion, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-08-123361-4 .
Je ne suis pas celle que je suis . Flammarion, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-08-122754-5 .

Web links

Literature by and about Chahdortt Djavann in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature by and about Chahdortt Djavann in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries )

Individual evidence

↑ also as an audio book, read in German a. a. by Jasmin Tabatabai and Ulrike Hübschmann . Steinbach Verlag, Schwäbisch Hall 2010, ISBN 978-3-86974-031-7 (2 CDs).

personal data
SURNAME	Djavann, Chahdortt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French writer with Azerbaijani roots
DATE OF BIRTH	1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Iran

[1] so as an audio book, read in German a. a. by Jasmin Tabatabai and Ulrike Hübschmann . Steinbach Verlag, Schwäbisch Hall 2010, ISBN 978-3-86974-031-7 (2 CDs).