Amir Hassan Cheheltan

Amir Hassan Cheheltan, born in 1956 in Tehran, is an engineer and writer. His novel "The Circle of Literature Lovers" received the 2020 International Literature Prize of the Berlin House of the Cultures of the World and the Foundation Elementary Particles. Cheheltan lives in Tehran.

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Renowned authors such as Serhij Zhadan, Fatou Diome, Liao Yiwu, Ibram X. Kendi or Gioconda Belli have their say, as do other voices from around the globe from Afghan women doctors to mine workers in Congo to racing drivers from Qatar.

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