1. Moniro Ravanipour is an Iranian-American and internationally acclaimed innovative writer who is the author of ten titles published in Iran, and many more in United States, including two collections of short fiction, Kanizu and Satan's Stones, and the novels The Drowned, Heart of Steel, and Gypsy by Fire.
Moniro Ravanipour's tales, described as "reminiscent in their fantastic blend of realism, myth, and superstition of writers like Rulfo, Garcia Marquez, even Tutuola," frequently take as their setting the small, remote village in southern Iran where she was born.
Moniro Ravanipour is a former Brown University International Writers Project Fellow.
Moniro Ravanipour was born in Jofreh Mahini, near Bushehr, South of Iran.
Moniro Ravanipour lived in Jofreh till she was 10, and then moved to Boushehr.
Moniro Ravanipour joined Shiraz Pahlavi University in 1972 and studied Chemistry, and then changed major and took a degree in Psychology.
Moniro Ravanipour joined a theater group in Bushehr called The Theater and Literary Society of Bushehr.
In 1967 Moniro Ravanipour acted in Mother, a play by Manouchehr Atashi.
Moniro Ravanipour then continued to act and participated in the production of several plays in Shiraz.
Moniro Ravanipour worked with a group of college students for a play called Abazar Ghafari which was banned later.
Moniro Ravanipour faced educational restrictions during the Cultural Revolution in Iran, which occurred in the early post-revolution years.
Moniro Ravanipour then moved to Tehran where, under a pseudonym, she found employment as a worker at Daroupakhsh Factory.
Moniro Ravanipour resumed writing in 1965, focusing on children's books and screenplays.
In 1988, Moniro Ravanipour began publishing her works under her real name.
Moniro Ravanipour has been living in USA since then, writing and publishing her works.
Since 2015 Moniro Ravanipour self-published her new and translated work on Amazon and Google Play She continues to hold workshops covering writing memoirs, short stories, and reading published works by other Iranian authors.
Moniro Ravanipour is famous for using magic realism, but the truth is that she uses the bitter reality she found in the happenings and real life in her homeland.