Ali Ashraf Darvishian
{{Short description|Iranian writer (1941–2017)}}
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| name = Ali Ashraf Darvishian
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| pseudonym = Latif Talkhestani
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1941|08|25}}
| birth_place = Kermanshah, Iran
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2017|10|26|1941|08|03}}
| occupation = Writer
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| genre = Novel, short story, biography, etc
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| spouse = Shahnaz Darabian
| movement = Modernism, Realism, Socialism
| notableworks = {{Plainlist|
- Sal-ha-ye Abri (Cloudy Years)
- Abshouran
- Az In Welayat (From This Country)
- Hamrah-e Ahang-ha-ye Babam (With My Father's Songs)
- Afsane-ha va Matal-ha-ye Kurdi (Kurdish Legends and Fictions)
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| awards = {{Plainlist|
- {{Awards|Gelawej Cultural Festival|2013}}
| Wikidata = (Q4724680)
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Ali Ashraf Darvishian ({{langx|fa|علیاشرف درویشیان}}; 25 August 1941 – 26 October 2017) was an Iranian story writer and scholar of Kurdish descent. After finishing teacher-training college, he would teach at the poverty-stricken villages of Gilan-e-Gharb and Shah Abad (now called Islam Abad). This atmosphere is featured in most of his stories. His own life situation, as well as the experiences that he had from his teaching in those poor areas, was the inspiration for his literary works and also made him a critic of the political and social situation of Iran. Later, he moved to Tehran and continued his studies in Persian literature.
In 2006, Ali Ashraf Darvishian was in Australia as a guest of the Iranian Centre for Democracy and presented a number of lectures on a broad range of social and cultural issues.
Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian-French author, mentions Darvishian in her graphic novel Persepolis. She considers him her favorite childhood author, recalls going to his clandestine book signing, and describes him as "a kind of local Charles Dickens".Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete Persepolis. Pantheon Books. 30 October 2007. 33. {{ISBN|0-375-71483-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-375-71483-2}}
Ali Ashraf Darvishian died at Karaj, on 26 October 2017[https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/417949/Writer-Ali-Ashraf-Darvishian-dies-at-76 Writer Ali-Ashraf Darvishian dies at 76], Tehran Times, October 27, 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020 and was buried at Behesht-e Sakineh cemetery.[https://www.en-hrana.org/tag/ali-ashraf-darvishian «Authorities Prevent Folk Author's Remembrance Gathering for the 3rd Time»], HRANA, October 26th, 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2020{{cite web|url= https://www.en-hrana.org/tag/ali-ashraf-darvishian/ | title= Tag: Ali Ashraf Darvishian | date= 26 October 2018 | publisher = Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) }}
Books
- آبشوران : مجموعة قصصية فارسية (Abshooran), 1975 story collection {{ISBN|978-9-777-51244-2}}
- Salhay-e-Abri (Cloudy Years), 1997 novel{{cite journal|url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/26365129 | title= The Translingualism of Kurdish Writers: A Postcolonial Reading of Ali-Ashraf Darvishian's Autobiographical Novel Sālhāyi Abrī (Cloudy Years)| jstor= 26365129 | last1= Rashidirostami | first1= Mahroo | journal= Studies in the Novel | year= 2016 | volume= 48 | issue= 4 | pages= 462–476 | doi= 10.1353/sdn.2016.0049 | s2cid= 164748523 | url-access= subscription }}{{cite journal|url= https://rp.razi.ac.ir/article_429.html?lang=en | title= A Sociological Criticism of Ali Ashraf Darvishian's Salha-ye Abri | journal= Research in Narrative Literature | date= 21 December 2012 | volume= 1 | issue= 1 | pages= 113–132 | publisher = Razi University }}
- Farhang-e-Afsanehay-e Irani (Iranian Legends and Fairy Tales Encyclopedia)[http://www.masoudsoheili.com/IranArt-Writers/AliAshrafDarvishian.jpg]
- "Paper Wishes", 2003 short story
One of his books is a collection of short stories titled Az Nadarad Ta Darad.{{cite news|url=http://akharinkhabar.ir/cinema/3959407|title=صوت/ داستان شنیدنی- نیاز علی ندارد از «علی اشرف درویشیان}} The title includes the main character's surname, "Nadarad", which means "doesn't have", foreshadowing the absolute poverty of all the characters in the story, especially his family. From the point of view of Marxist criticism, poverty can be said to be the result of social conflict and class struggle, because people were not aware of how they have unconsciously accepted the subservient, powerless roles in their society that have been prescribed for them by others (false consciousness). In this story, the Nadarad family represents the proletariat, while Mash Ghorban represents the bourgeoisie. Niaz Ali chooses to go to school to promote his class in society, and he has no plan to protest against the cruel social structure.
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100411215102/http://www.ketabnews.com/detail-7209-fa-0.html about his book (in Persian)]
- {{cite journal |author= |date= 2015 |title= The Ecoriticism of Ali Ashraf Darvishian's Works |url= https://pl.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_3724.html?lang=en |journal= Fictional Studies |volume= 3 |issue= 2 |pages= 111–135 |doi= |access-date= 2023-01-31}}
- {{cite journal |last1= Khaknejad |first1= Jamileh |last2= Mohammadzadeh |first2= Maryam |date= 2017 |title= Content Analysis of Cloudy Years Novel. |url= http://kutaksam.karabuk.edu.tr/index.php/ilk/article/view/753 |journal= Journal of History Culture and Art Research|volume= 6 |issue= 1 |pages= 451–464 |doi= 10.7596/taksad.v6i1.753 |access-date= 2023-01-31|doi-access= free }}
External links
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- [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314169327_Content_Analysis_of_Cloudy_Years_Novel Cloudy Years Novel preview]
- [http://radiozamaaneh.com/literature/2007/06/post_315.html هندوانهی گرم ـ علیاشرف درویشیان (in Persian)]
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7994086/ Ali Ashraf Darvishian], IMDb
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071020112326/http://www.ghabil.com/article.aspx?id=257 مصاحبه با علی اشرف درویشیان، نویسنده (in Persian)]
- [https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/ali-ashraf-darvishian/3433634 Ali Ashraf Darvishian's Biography], ABC Radio National
- [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36070439 List of the Author's works at Goodreads]
- [http://www.payvand.com/literature/articles/1016.html Payvand: Short Story: Paper Wishes]
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