About
Aliyeh Ataei is an Afghan writer who received her degree in Dramatic Writing from the University of Tehran, Iran, and is the author of several books in Persian, all of which have won Iran’s most prestigious awards in both fiction and nonfiction. The translations of her works in English can also be found in such publication as Guernica, Words Without Borders, the Michigan Quarterly Review and Kenyon Review. She lives and works in Tehran.
