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Azar Nafisi ((ペルシア語:آذر نفیسی); born 1955)〔Following eighth grade, Nafisi's parents sent her to England for schooling from 1961-1963. Nafisi 2010, chapter 8, pp. 69-70; chapter 13, p. 115〕〔(BBC 2004 Interview with Nafisi )〕 is an Iranian writer and professor of English literature. She has resided in the United States since 1997 and became an American citizen in 2008.〔(Iranian-American author lectures at the Spanish National Library )〕 Nafisi has been a visiting fellow and lecturer at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and served on the Board of Trustees of Freedom House. She is the niece of famous Iranian scholar, fiction writer and poet Saeed Nafisi. Azar Nafisi is best known for her 2003 book ''Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books'', which remained on the New York Times Bestseller list for 117 weeks, and has won several literary awards, including the 2004 Non-fiction Book of the Year Award from Booksense.〔(The Stephen Barclay Agency )〕〔(Yale University Office of Public Affairs )〕 Since ''Reading Lolita in Tehran'', Nafisi has written ''Things I've Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter'' and ''The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books''. ==Early life and education== Nafisi was born in Tehran, Iran. She is the daughter of Nezhat and Ahmad Nafisi, a former mayor of Tehran (1961–1963), who was the youngest man ever appointed to the post up to that time. She was educated in Switzerland and received her Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Azar Nafisi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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