Hushang Golschiri

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Hushang Golschiri, 1975
Tomb of Hushang Golschiri

Huschang Golschiri or (internationally also) Houshang Golshiri ( Persian هوشنگ گلشیری[ huːˈʃæŋgʲ golʃiːˈriː ], pseudonym Manuchehr Irani ; * March 16, 1937 in Isfahan ; † June 5, 2000 in Tehran ) was an oppositional Iranian writer .

Life

Golschiri was born in Isfahan in 1937 , but grew up in Abadan . After returning to his hometown in 1955 and completing his schooling, he first worked as a teacher before studying Persian literature at Isfahan University , where he came into contact with both literary and political circles. In 1962 he was arrested for the first time for opposing the Shah regime, but was able to continue his studies after a few months in prison. From 1976 he taught at the University of the Arts in Tehran . He was also the editor of several literary magazines, which were mostly banned after a few issues.

Both in the monarchy and in the Islamic Republic , Golschiri campaigned for freedom of expression and the abolition of censorship , which earned him several prison sentences, teaching and publication bans, although he repeatedly avoided the latter through private seminars and readings. Since the 1960s he campaigned for the establishment of an independent Iranian writers' association, among other things as co-initiator of the declaration of the 134 .

The literary breakthrough came after the first publications of poems and short stories and the volume of stories Mesl-e hamische (German as always ) with the avant-garde short novel Schahzade ehtedschab (German Prince Ehtedschab ) in 1968. Numerous short stories and narratives followed, many of them in Iran could not be published. Golschiri's last and longest novel, Dschinn-name ("The Book of the Djinn"), was published in 1997 in Sweden . He died of meningitis in June 2000 .

Prizes and awards

Works (selection)

  • The man in the red tie . Stories. German translation and editing by Anneliese Ghahraman-Beck. Series: New Oriental Library . CH Beck , Munich 1998, ISBN 978-3-406-44017-5 (paperback edition: dtv 12902, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-423-12902-6 ).
  • Prince Ehtedschab. Novel . German translation and editing by Anneliese Ghahraman-Beck. In: New Oriental Library . CH Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 978-3-406-44017-5 .
  • Under the pseudonym Manuchehr Irani: The King of the Black Robed . Stories. (Original title: Šāh-i sīyāh pūšān , first published in 1990, translated from Persian by Zana Nimadi). In: Edition Suhrkamp . Band 2066. Suhrkamp , Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-518-12066-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Golschiri, Hushang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Isfahan
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 2000
Place of death Tehran