Dalia Sofer
| Dalia Sofer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1972 Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Iranian-American |
| Notable works | The Septembers of Shiraz |
| Website | |
| On Harper Collins | |
Dalia Sofer (born 1972) is an Iranian-born American writer.
Born in Tehran, Iran was raised in a Jewish family during revolutionary Iran, she eventually moved to New York City when she was 11. She attended the Lycée Français de New York, and went on to study 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. 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]
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