Sanaz Fotouhi Sanaz Fotouhi i(A104432 works by)
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 2005
Heritage: Iranian
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BiographyHistory

Sanaz Fotouhi is a Canberra-based artist. She received a BA and MPhil in English Literature from the University of Hong Kong. While living in Hong Kong, Fotouhi was editor-in-chief of the literary journal Yuan Yang. In 2008 she was a PhD candidate at the Australian National University, writing a thesis focusing on post-revolutionary Anglophobe Iranian writers.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2016 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships Australia Council Literature Board Grants Literature Development Grants Individuals and Groups $17,500.00
2015 shortlisted Deborah Cass Prize for 'Scent of Sousan and Yasaman'.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Love Marriage in Kabul : A Memoir Elizabeth Bay : Gazebo Books , 2020 21065885 2020 single work autobiography

'In 2006, Sanaz Fotouhi, a young woman in her twenties, travels to Afghanistan with her partner to make a film.

'Seven years and four trips later their feature documentary Love Marriage in Kabul wins awards and the hearts of audiences in Australia and around the world.

'Love Marriage in Kabul: A Memoir is the behind-the-scenes account of the hardships and heartaches, tears and joys of the seemingly impossible project of making a film in Afghanistan. It is the story of a young woman’s determination to confront her fears to provide an insight into the hidden world of Afghanistan’s widows and orphans.

'With rare compassion and lucidity, Sanaz Fotouhi chronicles her inner struggles and external events and leads us to interrogate our own notion of humanity.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2019 winner Australian Centre Literary Awards Peter Blazey Fellowship as 'Journey of Hope'.
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