Yousef Alikhani

Yousef Alikhani (Persian: یوسف علیخانی; born 1975) is an Iranian writer.

[1] Alikhani was born in the Tati-speaking village of Milak, Qazvīn Province.

He studied Arabic literature at the University of Tehran.

[2] Alikhani released his third collection of short stories in April 2010.

[3] Nominated in the Annual Zarrin-ghalam Awards (for “Biveh-koshi” ~ Widow Killing) Nominated in the Mehregan-e-Adab Awards (for “Aroose Beed” ~ Willow's Bride) Winner of the 10th Habib Ghanipour Annual Book Prize (for “Aroose Beed”) Nominated in the 12th Ketab-e-Fasl Awards (for “Aroose Beed”) Appraised in the 1st Jalal Al-Ahmad Literature Awards & Nominated in the 8th Hushang Golshiri Prize (for “Ezhdehakoshan” ~ Dragon Slaying) Nominated in the 21st Islamic Republic of Iran Annual Book Awards & Winner of the 16th Roosta Festival Special Prize (for “Ghadam Bekheyr”) Winner of Best Film in the 7th Young Cinema Regional Awards (for “Aziz & Negar _ A Documentary”)