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Amir-Shahy, Mashid
| Interviewer | Maryam Shamlu |
|---|---|
| Place | Paris, France |
| Date | August 1983 |
| Condition | Open |
| Status | Complete |
| Language | Persian |
| Content | 85pp. + summary + biographical note + supplementary material + ind |
| Interviewee Details | Novelist, Translator, and Political Activist. |
| Abstract | Recollections of early childhood; memories of primary school, family and social life; reminiscences of adolescence and interactions of boys and girls; family's intellectual and political tendencies; education in England; recollections of marriage, children and divorce; society's reaction to her divorce; career as a writer; reactions of society and colleagues to her writing; politicization of contemporary literature and the role of dissent in popularizing writers; religious observance among Iranian women; on Al-e Ahmad, Shari`ati and Motahhari; communist activism in Iran; Tudeh Party and the intelligentsia; on the group of "Fifty Three" and their characteristics; origins of the Revolution of 1978-79; Khomeini and the intellectuals; on the Jaleh Square incident; recollections of the revolutionary turmoil. |
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