Fariba Vafi

Fariba Vafi (born 21 January 1963 in Tabriz) is an Iranian novelist and short story writer. She began writing in her teenage years. Her literary career includes eight novels and five short story collections. She has published eight novels and five short story collections. Her works have been published by Nashr Markaz and Cheshmeh Publishing House. Her works have been widely acclaimed by readers and critics and have gone through multiple printings. Her latest novel, People from a Previous Life, was published in 2025 by Cheshmeh Publishing.

Her novel My Bird (2002) won awards including the Golshiri and Yalda prizes, and was also recognized by the Mehregan-e-Adab Award and the Isfahan Literary Prize. It has reached its 39th edition.

Her novel Dream of Tibet (2005) won the Hooshang Golshiri Literary Award for Best Novel and received a commendation from the Mehregan-e-Adab Prize.

Her short story collection Without Wind, Without Oars won the first Ahmad Mahmoud Prize.

Her novel Tarlan (2003) received the LiBeraturpreis in Germany in 2017.

Vafi's works have been translated into many languages, including English, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Georgian, Norwegian, German (five books), Armenian, and Arabic.

She is a member of the Iranian Writers' Association and PEN Zentrum Deutschland.

In 2020, Vafi received the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program fellowship, which brought her to Germany. She now lives in Berlin.

Works

1986: Dar Omq-e-sahneh (In Depth of the Stage), short story collection, Cheshmeh Publishers 1999: Hatta Vaqti Mikhandidim (Even When We Were Laughing), short story collection 2002: Parande-ye-man (My Bird), novel 2006: Tarlan, novel 2007: Rowya-ye-Tabbat (Dream of Tibet), novel, 2008: Razi dar Kucheha (A Mystery at Alleys), novel 2009: " Dar Rahe Vila " (On the Way to the Vila ), short story collection 2011: Hame-ye Ofoq (All the Horizon), short story collection 2012: Mah Kamel Mishavad (The Moon is Getting Full), novel 2014: Baad az Payan ( After the end ), novel 2016: Bi Baad Bi Parou ( without Wind Without Oars ), short story collection 2020: Rooz-e Digare Shoura (Another Day for Shoura), novel 2025: Adamhā-ye Zendegi-ye Qabli (People from Previous Life), novel