Jila Mossaed
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| Born | 4 April 1948 Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation(s) | writer and poet |
| Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 15) | |
| Assumed office 20 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Kerstin Ekman |
Jila Mossaed Estakhri (Persian: ژیلا مساعد استخری; born 4 April 1948) is a Swedish writer. Born in Tehran, Iran, she was named a new member of the Swedish Academy on 4 October 2018, and was formally inducted into the Academy on 20 December 2018.[1][2][3]
Mossaed has lived in Sweden in exile from Iran since 1986. She resides in Gothenburg, and writes in both Swedish and Persian.[4] On 5 October 2018, Mossaed was named a new member of the Swedish Academy together with
Mossaed's poetry has been translated into Dutch, English, French, and Greek.[6] In 2020, Mossaed received the Prix Vénus Khoury-Ghata[7] and in 2022 she received the Prix Max-Jacob for Le huitième pays (Det åttonde landet), translated by Françoise Sule.[8]
References
- ^ "Jila Mossaed: "Jag tackade ja för att jag älskar litteraturen"" (in Swedish). SVT. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "HD-domaren Eric Runesson och författaren Jila Mossaed väljs in i Svenska Akademien" (in Swedish). SVT. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "Nya ledamöter i Svenska Akademien". Svenska Akademien (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ Lenas, Sverker; Thurfjell, Greta (5 October 2018). "Jila Mossaed: Jag är en enkel poet som älskar litteraturen" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ AFP (5 October 2018). "Nobel literature body elects Iranian poet, judge after turmoil". France 24. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "What I was missing here". Montréal Serai. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Trois poétesses honorées par le prix Vénus Khoury-Ghata" (in French). 2 November 2020.
- ^ "French award to Swedish-Iranian poet Jila Mossaed". Swedish Arts Council. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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