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Atiq Rahimi

アティク・ライミ　/　あてぃく・らいみ

Writer from Afghanistan

February 26, 1962 (age 64)　・　Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan

Kabul Province
writer
film director
screenwriter

My Take

Atiq Rahimi earns my deepest respect. To be born in Kabul, flee the war, settle in France, study at the University of Paris, and then win the Prix Goncourt writing in your adopted language is staggering. Few authors achieve that prize in their mother tongue, let alone a second one. The Patience Stone alone tells you how much silence and pain he can fold into prose. He moves fluidly between novels and film, refusing to be confined to a single form, and the Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres recognises that range. Turning the grief of exile into art is rare, and I salute it.

Overview

Atiq Rahimi (Persian: عتیق رحیمی; born 26 February 1962 in Kabul) is a French-Afghan writer and filmmaker.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Atiq Rahimi
Name (Japanese): アティク・ライミ
Reading: あてぃく・らいみ
Born: February 26, 1962 (age 64)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Tiger
Origin: Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / film director / screenwriter / film producer / documentarian

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Paris

Awards & achievements

2008 Prix Goncourt
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
2016 honorary doctorate from University of Rouen

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	The Patience Stone	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%92%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC

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