Aziz Motazedi

Aziz Motazedi (Persian: عزیز معتضدی, born August 10, 1950, in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian novelist and essayist.[1] He has lived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, since 1995. Motazedi has also written critical articles on politics and the literary and intellectual discourses of his original country and elsewhere.[1][2][3][4] His novel Scheherazade was subject to an official ban with a possibility to be published after heavy censorship by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, but was finally published, in full, with several years delay in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b Motazedi, Aziz (25 August 2009). "Iran: Revolution for the hereafter". openDemocracy. Archived from the original on 14 February 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  2. ^ Hayes, David (19 February 2010). "Iran: From protest to politics". openDemocracy. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  3. ^ a b "وزیر سابق ارشاد، کافکا، و جایزه نوبل، عزیز معتضدی" [Former Minister Of Guidance, Kafka, and Nobel Prize winner, Aziz Motazedi]. news.gooya.eu (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  4. ^ "تولستوی؛ کالبدشناسی یک نبوغ" [Tolstoy; Anatomy of a genius]. BBC (in Persian). 19 November 2010. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2011.


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