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Iranian-American writer

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Azar Nafisi is an Iranian-American writer and professor of English literature. Born in Tehran, Iran, she has resided in the United States since 1997 and became a U.S. citizen in 2008.

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Azar Nafisi
said · 2003
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Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life.

Reading Lolita in Tehran (2003)

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Azar Nafisi
said · 2003
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I explained that most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home.

Reading Lolita in Tehran (2003)

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Azar Nafisi
said · 2003
Own words

Azin has bent forward, her long earings playing hide-and-seek in the ringlets of her hair. "We need to be honest with ourselves," she said. I mean, that is the first condition.

Reading Lolita in Tehran (2003)

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Rome Prize

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About this person

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
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Dates
Born 1948 · age 77
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