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

Dalia Sofer
Born	1972 Tehran, Iran
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Iranian-American
Notable works	The Septembers of Shiraz
Website
On Harper Collins

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.

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.[1]

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

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