Dalia Sofer Biography

Iranian-born American writer (born 1972)

Dalia Sofer (Persian: دالیا سوفر, born 1972) is an Iranian-born American writer.

Early life and education

Born in Tehran, Iran, she was raised in a Jewish family during revolutionary Iran. At age 11 she moved to New York City. Later she studied French literature at NYU with a minor in creative writing. She received an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Her first novel, The Septembers of Shiraz, was published in 2007. A film adaption, starring Adrien Brody and Salma Hayek in the lead roles, was released in 2015.

Awards and recognition

Sofer is the recipient of the 2008 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for The Septembers of Shiraz. She has also won a 2007 Whiting Award for fiction, and has been a resident at Yaddo.

Books

• The Septembers of Shiraz (2007)
• Man of My Time (2020)

References

External links

• Profile at The Whiting Foundation
• New York Times Questions for Dalia Sofer