Aliyeh Ataei

• Native Name — عالیه عطایی • Name — Aliyeh Ataei • Born — 3 June 1981 • Occupation — screenplay writer, Novelist • Language — Persian • Education — Dramatic Literature MA, Tehran University of Art • Notable Works — Koorsorkhi Eye of the Dog • Awards — Mehregan Adab Literary Awards

Aliyeh Ataei was born on 3 June 1981 and grew up in Darmian, a border region between South Khorasan Province of Iran and Farah province of Afghanistan. Growing up in Iran as a female minority, she experienced a lot of discrimination and difficulties that led her to work as a women's rights activist. Her works are deeply influenced by her observations and experiences as a child.

Ataei graduated from high-school in Birjand and went to Tehran to continue her studies at Tehran University of Art, where she received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in screenplay writing. Ataei dedicated most of her focus to writing about immigration. Beside publishing books, she has been working with several magazines such as Hamshahri, Tajrobeh, Saan, and Nadastan. Her short stories have also been translated and published in several English and French magazines, among them Michigan Quarterly Review and Guernica.

• Galileo, Translated by Salar Abdoh, Words Without Borders, (2019) • The Alcove, Translated by Salar Abdoh, Michigan Quarterly Review (2019) • The Border Merchant, Translated by Salar Abdoh, Quernica, (2019) • Parisian Coffee, Translated by Mohammad Sarvi, The Bombay Review (2021)

• The story of women of Afghanistan, a collection of short stories by Mohammad Hossein Mohammadi (Kabul, 2017) • Sous le ciel de Kaboul, a collection of short stories by Khojesta Ebrahimi (Paris, 2018) • No one's home, a collection of short stories by Elham Fallah (Tehran, 2019) • Tehran's Valiasr street, a collection of short stories by Kaveh Fooladinasab (Tehran, 2021)

• Member of the academy for Hezar-o-Yek-Shab Literary Award (2014) • Member of the academy for Qand-e-Parsi Literary Award (2017) • Member of the academy for Ahmad Mahmoud Literary Award (2020) • Member of the academy for Fereshteh Literary Award (2020)