Azar Nafisi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Azar Nafisi
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Dec 1, 1948(1948-12-01)
Age	76
Birthplace	Tehran
Country	Iran
Birth City	Tehran Province
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Azar Nafisi Biography

Azar Nafisi is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on December 1, 1948 in Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran.

Nafisi was born in Tehran, Iran. She is the daughter of Nezhat and Ahmad Nafisi, a former mayor of Tehran (1961–1963), who was the youngest man ever appointed to the post at that time.

Nafisi returned to Iran in 1979, after the Iranian Revolution, where for a time she taught English literature at Tehran University, where she stayed during eighteen years struggling against the implementation of the revolution’s ideas and procedures.

Azar Nafisi Net Worth

Azar Nafisi is one of the richest Writer from Iran. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Azar Nafisi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Azar Nafisi (Persian: آذر نفیسی ‎; born 1948) is an Iranian writer and professor of English literature. She has resided in the United States since 1997 and became an American citizen in 2008.

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In 2004, Christopher Hitchens wrote that Nafisi had dedicated Reading Lolita in Tehran to Paul Wolfowitz, the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush and a principal architect of the Bush Doctrine. Hitchens had stated that Nafisi was good friends with Wolfowitz and several other key figures in the Bush administration. Nafisi later responded to Hitchen’s comments, neither confirming nor denying the claim.

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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Iran. Azar Nafisi celebrates birthday on December 1 of every year.

On October 21, 2014, Viking Books released Nafisi’s newest book, The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books, in which using The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Babbitt, and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, as well as the writings of James Baldwin and many others, Nafisi responds to an Iranian reader that questioned whether Americans care about or need their literature. Jane Smiley wrote in The Washington Post that Nafisi “finds the essence of the American experience, filtered through narratives not about exceptionalism or fabulous success, but alienation, solitude and landscape.” Laura Miller of Salon wrote that “No one writes better or more stirringly about the way books shape a reader’s identity, and about the way that talking books with good friends becomes integral to how we understand the books, our friends and ourselves.

Top Facts about Azar Nafisi

1. Azar Nafisi is an Iranian-American writer and professor.
2. She was born in Tehran, Iran in 1955.
3. Nafisi is best known for her memoir “Reading Lolita in Tehran.”
4. The book has been translated into 32 languages.
5. Nafisi has won numerous awards for her writing and teaching.
6. She has taught at universities in Iran, the US, and Europe.
7. Nafisi is a strong advocate for women’s rights and freedom of expression.
8. She currently resides in the United States.
9. Nafisi has written several other books including “Things I’ve Been Silent About.”
10. Her work often explores themes of identity, culture, and politics.

What is Azar Nafisi doing now?

She has held various teaching posts across the world including at Johns Hopkins University, Oxford University, and Free Islamic University and Allameh Tabatabai. She now resides in Washington D.C.

Is Azar Nafisi married?

Married twice , Nafisi has two children and now lives with her family in Washington, D.C.

Why did Azar Nafisi leave Iran?

Nafisi returned to Iran in 1979, after the Iranian Revolution and taught English literature at the University of Tehran. In 1981, she was expelled from the University for refusing to wear the mandatory Islamic veil.

Where does Azar Nafisi teach?

Afterwards, Nafisi returned to Iran and taught English at the University of Tehran.

When did Nafisi leave Iran?

Nafisi left Iran for the US in 1997. She wrote op-ed articles for publications such as The New York Times, Washington Post, and The New Republic about the political relevance of literature and culture as well as human rights for Iranian women.