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Atiq Rahimi
Atiq Rahimi () (born 26 February 1962 in Kabul) is a French-Afghan writer and filmmaker.
Life.
Atiq Rahimi was born in 1962 in Kabul to a senior public servant and attended high school in Lycée Esteqlal. Following the Soviet invasion, Rahimi fled Afghanistan, taking refuge in Pakistan for a year and then relocating to France in 1985 after receiving political asylum.
On completion of his studies at the Sorbonne, Rahimi joined a Paris-based production company where he produced seven documentaries
Earth and Ashes", 2003.
2. "A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear", 2007.
1. "A Curse on Dostoevsky", 2013.
External links.
- Article about Atiq Rahimi
- Atiq Rahimi by the Nouvel Observateur
- Article at Bloomberg.com
- Article by Qantara.de
- Atiq Rahimi's "The Patience Stone": Portrait of a Brave Woman
- Literary Currents Series: An Interview with Atiq Rahimi by JK Fowler on March 7, 2011