Chista Yasrebi

Chista Yasrebi (; born 20 October 1968,Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian playwright, translator, literary critic, publisher and university lecturer,

Early Life and Education

Chista Yasrebi (born 20 October 1968, Tehran) is an Iranian writer, playwright, translator, and critic. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology from Alzahra University and received a PhD in psychology from the University of Toronto in 2004. Her work includes short stories, plays, screenplays, and novels, including The Mailman.

Yasrebi has conducted university workshops and taught academic courses. She was recognized for teaching the course "Characterology" at Arak University of Theatre. She is also a permanent member of the Iranian Association of Playwrights and Critics of Theatre and Cinema.

Works

The Mailman (Amazon) Sheyda & Soofi Piano's Teacher Love in Our Time Burning Red The Last Little Mermaid The Dark Room Stay One More Night, Silvia One Small Morning And more than 100 other books.

Republished works Several organizations and institutions in Iran have republished Yasrebi's works. Examples included: Works by Chista Yasrebi republished by the National Content Consortium Works by Chista Yasrebi republished by the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia

Awards and honors Nominated for Best Screenplay at the Fajr International Film Festival for the film Invitation. Received the Best Dramatic Literature Award for the play The Last Little Mermaid. Received the Dialogue Among Civilizations Award for The Little Mermaid. Won first prize in press criticism writing in 1996 for a collection of theatre and cinema reviews published in Donyaye Tasvir, Soroush, Zanan, Gozaresh-e Film, and the newspaper Hamshahri. Received Best Play awards at the Fajr International Theater Festival for the plays Burning Red, Close Encounter of the Last Kind, Moonlit Women; Sunlit Man, and Magic and Spell. Received the Best Playwright Award for Moonlit Women; Sunlit Man. Received the Parvin Etesami Festival Award. Received the Best Theater Director award for Burning Red at the 1995 Fajr International Theater Festival. Received the Best National Screenplay Award for the film The Moon Over the Platform. Received Best Screenplay at the Telefilm Festival for A Woman from the Back Alley. Received the Mehregan Adab Award for the short story collection I Am Not Anna Karenina. The play Behind the Pine Shadows was nominated for Book of the Year. Received the Best Book of the Year in Cyberspace award for the novel The Mailman. Received the Best Story Award on children with disabilities from the Children’s Book Council of Iran. Received the Best Book of the Year Award for the novel The Mailman (2015).

Professional affiliations Member of the International Playwrights Program at the University of Iowa, United States.

Views Women are present as well as men in Shahnameh, the masterpiece of Ferdowsi. I knew Ferdowsi in his respect of women and family and never saw that he reduces the value of family in his precious masterpiece.