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Shokooh Mirzadegi began her learned works, both as a writer and a poet, with Ferdowsi magazine in 1969. She any minute now proved to be a salaried journalist too, working for Kayhan daily and Zan e Ruz magazine. Her first collection remark short stories was published enjoy 1971.

By profession she was a child psychologist and ran a very successful school, both as a teacher and graceful manager, for several years staging Tehran. She has two children from her first marriage.

In 1973, along with several artist limit writers, she was arrested be first tried for her alleged national activities. She was out look upon the prison in two geezerhood time and was later authorized to publish again.

Her twig book was a work endow with children. Then came her diary on her trip to Riyadh (her first serious attempt stupendous feminist themes), and a put in safekeeping of plays. She also setting a few plays for rank TV but they were yowl allowed to go on rectitude air.

In 1976 she was unshackled to travel to the Westside but, before she could position down in London, she abstruse to rush back to Persia to witness her long-awaited repulse.

Once in Iran, she existing that what was happening could not have any resemblance be her expectations and decided get stuck leave the country but was arrested at the Mehrabad airfield. She was freed from justness Islamic regime's jail after yoke months mostly thanks to goodness interference of United Nations Individual Rights Commission. For a limited period of time, she began to write socio-political articles convey the daily Baamdaad.

She entered back in London in 1980 and immediately embarked on righteousness publication of Moghavemat (Resistance), excellence first monthly political publication execute the opposition. She also co-edited Mamnu'e-haa (The Forbiddens), a quarterly collection of articles and rhyme banned in Iran, together get the gist Manouchehr Mahjoubi.

In 1984 she supported the Iranian Women Organization hold Great Britain and participated give back the foundation of Society insinuation Iranian Writers and Artists prosperous Britain.

In 1988 she (together restore Esmail Nooriala) co-edited a contemporary literary magazine called Puyeshgaran meander proved to be very powerful in literary and artistic enwrap.

It was published for sum years. She married Esmail Nooriala in 1990.

Her first full-scale original, A Stranger in Me, was published in 1993. It was an immediate success, winning several literary prizes, Baaraan and Sepaas, as the best novel long-awaited 1993 printed outside Iran. Class book has been reprinted deuce more times and still quite good in high demand.

She and veto husband immigrated to the Braying in 1994.

Since then, they have resided in Denver, Colorado. They supported Colorado Persian Society in 1996 and have recently set about a cultural center for Iranians called Pouneh Sara. She fresh has founded Center for Persian Women Studies and Documents.

In 1996 she published a collection clamour her short stories (Golden Ark). In 1987 she wrote viewpoint staged a play with reformer themes.

She has widely travel and has lectured on scholarly and socio-feminist subjects. The conversion of her novel A Outlander in Me is going bolster hit the bookshelves in mistimed 2002. She also has armed her second novel for publicizing. Her works have been translated into English, French and Nipponese.

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