Laleh Khadivi
Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Strategic Initiatives; Assistant Professor
Full-Time Faculty
Biography
Laleh Khadivi is the author of The Kurdish Trilogy which includes The Age of Orphans (2009), The Walking (2013), and A Good Country (2017).
Her fiction and non-fiction have appeared in the LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, VQR, and The Sun.
She has worked as a documentary filmmaker since 2000 and her films have been screened in festivals and on various cable networks.
Education
- MFA Mills College
Awards & Distinctions
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National Endowment for the Arts Award
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Barnes and Noble Discover New Writer Award
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Whiting Award
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Pushcart Prize
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Emory Fiction Fellowship
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Wisconsin Fiction Fellowship
Selected Publications
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Khadivi, L. (2017). A Good Country. New York: Bloomsbury USA
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Khadivi, L. (2013). The Walking. New York: Bloomsbury USA
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Khadivi, L. (2009). The Age of Orphans. London: Bloomsbury Publishing