Spôjmaï Zariâb

Spôjmaï Raouf Zariâb (Dari: سپوژمی زریاب; born 1949,^[1] some sources say 1952^[2]) is an Afghan-born short story writer. Her name also appears as Spozhmai Zaryab,^[3] and surname appears as Zaryab.^[2]

Biography

She was born in Kabul and was educated at Kabul University,^[2] at the École des Beaux-Arts in Kabul^[4] and at Besançon in France. She married Rahnaward Zaryab, also a writer.^[2] During the Russian occupation of her country, she worked as a translator at the French embassy. In 1991, she left Afghanistan for exile at Montpellier in France.^[4]

Her works appeared in newspapers and magazines in Afghanistan before the Afghan civil war^[2] and in Iran. Zariâb writes in Persian.^[4]

Zariâb was one of the first modern Afghan writers to have her works translated into French.^[1] The following works have appeared in translation:

• Ces murs qui nous écoutent (2000)
• La plaine de Caïn (1988, 2001)
• Dessine-moi un coq (2003)
• Les demeures sans nom (2010)

Some of her stories have appeared in translation in the UNESCO Courier:^[5]

• Babylon reconquered (2009)
• The man from Kabul (2008)