Dalia Sofer

Dalia Sofer (born 1972 in Tehran ) is an Iranian -born American writer.

Sofer was born in Tehran and grew up in a Jewish family. Together with her family she fled at the age of 10 years in the United States. She studied French literature at New York University and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Sarah Lawrence College. Her first novel, The September of Shiraz, she published in 2007.

Sofer received in 2008 a Robert Bingham Fellowship and currently lives in New York.

Works

  • The Septembers of Shiraz, Ecco, 2007. ISBN 978-0-06-113040-3 (Eng. The September of Shiraz, Hanser, 2007. ISBN 978-3-446-20767-7 ).

Prices

  • Whiting Writers' Award 2007
  • Sami pipe Prize Choice Award 2009
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