Roya Hakakian
Roya Hakakian (* 1966 ) is an Iranian-American writer and director.
life and work
In 1984 Hakakian left Tehran with her family and went to the USA . She now lives there as a poet ( For a Sake of Water ) and journalist (NPR's Weekend Edition) as well as a documentary filmmaker. Her short film Armed and Innocent (Engl. Armed and Innocent ) is a film about the intricacies of child soldiers in wars around the world.
Their memories about growing up as a Jewish teenager in post-revolutionary Iran Ruhollah Khomeini has it under the title Journey from the Land of No published.
She is also a founding member of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center .
Works (selection)
- Essays
- Spook story. What really happened to Mossadeq? In. World affairs , vol. 178 (2010), issue 2, p. 98 ff.
- When eyes get averted. The consequences of misplaced reporting . In: Nieman Reports , vol. 63 (2009), issue 2, p. 14 ff.
- My country, my people . Translated from the English by Tobias Dürr . In: Die Zeit No. 16/2012, p. 5.
- Books
- Bitter spring. My youth in Iran during the revolution (“Journey from the land of No”). Goldmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-15573-6 .
- Assassins of the Turquoise Palace. Grove / Atlantic, Inc., New York 2011, ISBN 978-0802119117
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hakakian, Roya |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish-Iranian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |