Payam Feili

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Payam Feili (born 1985 in Kermanshah , Iran ) is an Iranian poet, activist and writer.

Life

Feili started writing in her early teens. He published his first book, The Sun's Platform, in 2005 at the age of 19. It has been censored by the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Leadership . Payam Feili's writings were banned from publication in Iran. His first novel Tower and Pond and a collection of short stories, Crimson Emptiness and Talking Waters , were published in Persian by Lulu in the United States. His second book, I Will Grow, I Will Bear Fruit… Figs , was published in Germany by Gardoon Publishers. Other writings including the novel Son of the Cloudy Years and a collection of poems, Hasanak , have also been published outside of Iran. Feili is on the index in Iran not only because of his books, but also because of his openly gay lifestyle. After initially fleeing to Turkey visited feili end of 2015 Israel as a guest of the Israeli Ministry of Culture. The visit was organized with the help of the Minister of Culture Miri Regev and the Minister of the Interior Silvan Schalom , who had to give special permission. Otherwise, entry into Israel with an Iranian passport is not permitted. Feili has lived in Tel Aviv since November 2015 while his asylum procedure is ongoing.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Being a gay poet in Iran: 'Writing on the edge of crisis'. Index on Censorship, accessed December 1, 2015 .
  2. ^ Gardoon Publishers books. Retrieved December 1, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Exiled Iranian poet in Israel. Times of Israel, accessed December 1, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Mehrnaz Samimi: Being a Gay Writer in Iran: Lying to Liars. Iran Wire, accessed December 1, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Nina Strochlic: Iranian Poet Blacklisted for Being Gay. The Daily Beast, accessed December 1, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Young Iranian Poet Seeks Refuge. PEN America, accessed December 1, 2015 .
  7. ^ Eli Eliahu: The Iranian Writer Who Gives Israelis the Self-love They. Haaretz.com, accessed on January 7, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Isaac Scarf: Iranian Gay Poet Visits Israel - a 'Dream Come True'. Haaretz.com, accessed on January 7, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Homosexuality in Iran. He loves Israel now. www.taz.de, April 9, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Feili, Payam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian poet, activist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Kermanshah , Iran