Seyyed Ali Shodjaie
Seyyed Ali Shodjaie (* 1983 in Tehran , in Persian spelling: سيدعلي شجاعي) is an Iranian writer. His picture book The Great Snowman is available in German-speaking countries and was awarded Book of the Month (2013) by the Academy for Children's and Young Adult Literature . The International Youth Library honored one of his books with a White Raven. Shodjaie lives in Tehran.
life and work
Seyyed Ali Shodjaie studied industrial engineering , but works as a writer and deputy director of the Tehran-based Neyestan publishing house.
In 2010, Neyestan-Verlag published his highly acclaimed picture book The Great Snowman - A Picture Book from Iran . The illustrations are by Elahe Taherian. In 2013 the work was translated into German and appeared as a bilingual German-Persian edition.
In his book, Shodjaie transmits the experiences of the last major protests after the Iranian presidential elections in 2009 and the current situation in Iran in a small village. Children have built a snowman that suddenly comes to life. The snowman, who was supposed to bring joy to the children and the adults of the village, begins to give orders, to order the inhabitants around and to rise to the ruler of the village. His power eventually becomes so great that he even succeeds in preventing the beginning of spring and the associated end of his reign of terror.
In 2013 he was a member of the jury for the award The Extraordinary Book of the children and youth program of the Berlin International Literature Festival .
Shodjaie is one of the most successful young authors on the young Persian literary scene.
Press review
The Big Snowman - A Picture Book from Iran (2013)
“'I hope that no child in this world will encounter a snowman in their life who spreads coldness and does not want to melt,' writes […] Seyyed Ali Shodjaie, and with this hint echoes the parable under the narrated surface: The people create something by which they then let themselves be controlled. "
Works
- 2008: ستارههايي كه خيلي دور نيستند (English translation of the title: The Stars are not far ), Text: Seyyed Ali Shodjaie, Neyestan Books (Tehran), ISBN 978-964-337-464-8 , 12 short stories
- 2010: عاشقي به وقت كتيبهها (English translation of the title: Love at the time of Epigraphs ), text: Seyyed Ali Shodjaie, Neyestan Books (Tehran), ISBN 978-964-337-523-2 , 9 short stories
- 2010: اگر آدم برفي ها آب نشوند (English translation of the title: What if the Snowman wouldn't melt? ), Text: Seyyed Ali Shodjaie, Illustration: Elahe Taherian, Neyestan (Teheran), ISBN 978-964-337-536- 2 ; German translation 2013: The big snowman - A picture book from Iran , translated by Nazli Hodaie, Baobab Books (Basel), ISBN 978-3-905804-47-8
- 2011: فصل شيدايي ليلاها (English translation of the title: Season of love for Leilas ), text: Seyyed Ali Shodjaie, Neyestan Books (Iran), ISBN 978-964-337-592-8 , novel
- 2012: فرشتهها قصه ندارند بانو (English translation of the title: Angels have no stories ), text: Seyyed Ali Shodjaie, Neyestan Books (Tehran), ISBN 978-964-337-673-4 , 14 short stories
- 2012: نيم من بوق (English translation of the title: Half Man Horn ), text: Seyyed Ali Shodjaie, illustrations: Alireza Goldouzian, Neyestan Books (Tehran), ISBN 978-964-337-659-8 , picture book for adults
- 2013: حاء. سين. نون (English translation of the title: HSN ), Neyestan Books (Tehran), ISBN 978-964-337-725-0 , Roman
Awards
In Iran:
- 2009: Iran's Book Season Award for The Stars are not far
- 2011: Quranic Tales Award for Love at the time of Epigraphs
- 2011: Best Children's Book Award for The Big Snowman - A Picture Book from Iran
- 2012: State Prize at the Iran National Youth Festival with Season of love for Leilas
In Germany:
- 2013: Book of the month in the picture book section of the German Academy for Children's and Young Adult Literature for The Big Snowman in May
- 2013: White Raven of the International Youth Library for Half Man Horn
Festival participation
- 2013: Children's and youth program at the 13th Berlin International Literature Festival in September
Web links
- Swiss publisher's preview of the book
- Book cover (PDF; 146 kB) of the Persian original version
- Interviews: Labbaik (Persian) - Ibna (Persian)
swell
- ↑ http://www.akademie-kjl.de/pdf/1366574081_Buch_des_Monats_Mai_2013.pdf
- ↑ http://www.eselsohr-leseablebnis.de/
- ↑ http://www.akademie-kjl.de/pdf/1366574081_Buch_des_Monats_Mai_2013.pdf
- ↑ http://www.ijb.de/files/whiteravens/wr13/iran.htm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shodjaie, Seyyed Ali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tehran |