Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh is an American playwright and author living in New York City.
He spent his childhood in the Socialist Workers Party. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Muslim father and a Jewish mother. He was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1] [2]
His observations of life in New York and personal essays have been contributed to the online literary site Mr. Bellers Neighborhood.[3]
His plays include New York is Bleeding, Autobiography of a Terrorist, The World Might Be Uninhabited, All Fall Away, Long Dream in Summer.
These have been produced or read at South Coast Repertory, New York Theatre Workshop, The Humana Festival of New American Plays, The Lark Theatre, and at The Sundance Institute.
His fiction work includes When Skateboards Will Be Free published in the literary journal Granta 91: Wish You Were Here [4] and Most Livable City published in The Paris Review. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ Biography web page, Said Sayrafiezadeh web site, retrieved December 9, 2006.
- ^ Sayrafiezadeh, S., My Mother and the Stranger, Open City Magazine, Summer 2003, Issue No. 17, Open City, Inc., New York, retrieved December 9, 2006.
- ^ Mr. Bellers Neighborhood literary web site, Said Sayrafiezadeh web search page, retrieved December 9, 2006.
- ^ Granta 91: Wish You Were Here web site, Table of Contents, retrieved December 9, 2006.
- ^ Sayrafiezadeh, S, Most Livable City (on-line abstract), The Paris Review, Spring 2006, Issue No. 176, retrieved December 9, 2006
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