Creative Writing Seminar: The Dark Arts of Courtesy
- Date & time
- –
- Speaker
- Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
- Host
- Kellogg College (College)
- Series
- Centre for Creative Writing
- Location
- Kellogg College - Mawby Room, Mawby Room, Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 6PN, United Kingdom
- Organisation
- Oxford
Topics
About this talk
Bahiyyih Nakhjavani was born in Iran, raised in Uganda, and educated in the UK and the US. She studied English Literature at the University of York, completed her doctorate at UMass, Amherst, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Liège. She is the author of several novels about Iran and Iranians, including The Saddlebag, Paper, The Woman Who Read Too Much, and Us&Them. She has also written essays and articles about the Bahá’í Faith and adapted Persian poetry into English. Most recently she has translated and edited Open Wide The Doors, the memoirs of prisoner of conscience, Mahvash Sabet, published by Oneworld in 2026. The event begins with refreshments at 5pm, with the seminar taking place from 5.30-6.30pm. All are welcome, no bookings are necessary. The Creative Writing Seminar Series is convened by Dr Clare Morgan, Director of the Centre for Creative Writing at Kellogg College.
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