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Young French-Iranian author specialized in writing stories, drinking tea and changing the world.
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Background
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Activist by day and writist by night, I was born in Paris, grew up in Fontenay-sous-bois, walked up and down Grenoble's mountains for some time, watched seagulls in Dublin and am now living in The Hague. I have two passports and almost sixty cousins.
I have so far authored one novel (Le Docteur Rippenblatt et ses charmantes conséquences, Ed° Biliki, see http://rippenblatt.biliki.com), edited and contributed to four editions of a French dictionary of new words (Le Dictionnaire du Nouveau, Ed° Biliki, see http://dictionnaire.lesdoigtsbleus.com), written articles, poems, scripts and translated literary as well as non-literary texts (I am currently working on a French translation of the Guantanamo Poems with Pierre Guéry).
Although I am mostly working on novels (one was published and two others are on the way), my major influences come from poetry. My favourite poets are, among others, Arthur Rimbaud, Sohrab Sepehri, Forough Farrokhzad, Ahmad Shamlu, Nazim Hikmet, Edward E. Cummings, Wislawa Szymborska. I also love the works of Oscar Wilde and Lewis Carroll.
I am involved in several NGOs working to promote human rights and the peaceful resolution of conflicts. In this context I have been conducting research work on minorities, discrimination and civil wars.
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Birth Place
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Paris, France
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Additional Information
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----- My report on human rights and the civil war in Sri Lanka just came out. If you would like to learn more about the dreadful crisis Sri Lanka is going through and find out how you could help, visit www.tournerlapage.org
----- I am currently working on a French translation of the Guantanamo Poems with Pierre Guéry. This collection of poems written by Guantanamo detainees will be published in October 08 by Biliki (www.biliki.com).
----- I was recently the guest of Le Lire et Le Dire on FPP Radio (France). Listen to the show online at http://rippenblatt.biliki.com
----- The decision was made: there will be a Brussels OFF Bookfair in 2009! This first alternative bookfair was organised in 2008 just 500 meters away from the official bookfair in which very few independent publishers are represented. After the success of that first edition, the organizers have decided to have another OFF in 2009. For more info, visit www.le-off.be
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Contact Information
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16 bis rue de Neuilly
Fontenay-sous-bois 94120
France
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Contact Author: Keyvan Sayar
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Favorite Links
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Personal website
This is the best site to visit to get to know me and my activities. Here you will find videos, short stories, articles, mp3s and pictures.
Le Docteur Rippenblatt et ses charmantes conséquences
My first novel's website. Here you will find extracts in pdf, audio and video format and a lot of details about the novel's background.
LeS dOiGtS bLeUs
LeS dOiGtS bLeUs is a non-profit society which I have founded with a bunch of friends and whose aim is to promote art in life and help people set up artistic projects. LeS dOiGtS bLeUs activities range from the organization of events to the publishing of books, the production of short-length movies and international solidarity projects in the field of literacy.
Editions Biliki
My publisher's website. Les éditions Biliki were created simultaneously in Brussels (Belgium) and Porto Alegre (Brazil). Founded by two artists and committed to the publishing of eco-friendly books, Biliki has a growing catalogue going from Moroccan poetry to contemporary Italian fiction... Most books are published in French but they have already published in Portuguese, English, Italian, Arabic, Japanese... Biliki is also very involved in the independent publishers' movement: they are one of the partners of Rezolibre.com (the alternative amazon.com) and one of the organizers of the Brussels OFF Bookfair (www.le-off.be).
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