Firoozeh Dumas: Complexities of Color
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Author of FUNNY IN FARSI: A memoir of growing up Iranian in America
"A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love of family, country and heritage."
- Jimmy Carter
Saturday, October 22, 2005
2:00p.m. -5:00p.m. (Lecture and Book Signing, Reception)
Science Center, Lecture Hall A
Co-Sponsored by the Harvard Persian Society and the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations
Firoozeh Dumas was born in Abadan, Iran and moved to Whittier, California at the age of seven. After a two-year stay, she and her family moved back to Iran and lived in Ahvaz and Tehran. Two years later, they moved back to Whittier, then to Newport Beach. In 2001, with no prior writing experience, Firoozeh decided to write her stories as a gift for her two children. Random House published these stories in 2003.
Funny in Farsi was on the SF Chronicle and LA Times bestseller lists and was a finalist for the PEN/USA award in 2004 and a finalist in 2005 for an Audie Award for best audio book. She lost to Bob Dylan. She is currently a finalist for the prestigious Thurber Prize for American Humor, along with Jon Stewart and Andy Borowitz. She is the first Middle Eastern woman ever to receive this honor.
Funny in Farsi is now on the California Recommended Reading List and is used in many junior high, high schools and universities.
Reviewed/approved by 7rooz Admin Staff.
Author of FUNNY IN FARSI: A memoir of growing up Iranian in America
"A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love of family, country and heritage."
- Jimmy Carter
Saturday, October 22, 2005
2:00p.m. -5:00p.m. (Lecture and Book Signing, Reception)
Science Center, Lecture Hall A
Co-Sponsored by the Harvard Persian Society and the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations
Firoozeh Dumas was born in Abadan, Iran and moved to Whittier, California at the age of seven. After a two-year stay, she and her family moved back to Iran and lived in Ahvaz and Tehran. Two years later, they moved back to Whittier, then to Newport Beach. In 2001, with no prior writing experience, Firoozeh decided to write her stories as a gift for her two children. Random House published these stories in 2003.
Funny in Farsi was on the SF Chronicle and LA Times bestseller lists and was a finalist for the PEN/USA award in 2004 and a finalist in 2005 for an Audie Award for best audio book. She lost to Bob Dylan. She is currently a finalist for the prestigious Thurber Prize for American Humor, along with Jon Stewart and Andy Borowitz. She is the first Middle Eastern woman ever to receive this honor.
Funny in Farsi is now on the California Recommended Reading List and is used in many junior high, high schools and universities.
Reviewed/approved by 7rooz Admin Staff.
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