Mehregan Prize of Literature
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Selected Winners of Mehregan Prize of Literature in various sections
Selected Winners of Mehregan Prize in Novel, Novelette or Long Story:
The First Course | 1999:
The Best Novel:
Nime-ye Ghayeb by Hossein Sanapour.
Praised Novel:
The long story Taaligh by Late Mohammad Rahim Okhovvat.
Appreciated Novels:
Koli Kenar-e Atash by Moniroo Ravanipour | Shah Kelid by Jafar Modarress Sadeghi.
The Second Course | 2000:
The Best Novel:
Asfaar-e Kateban by Abootorab Khosravi.
Praised Novels:
Berehneh dar Bad by Mohammad Mohammadali | Shahri ke Zir-e Derakhtan-e Sedr Mord by Khosro Hamzavi.
The Third Course | 2001:
The Best Novel:
Cheraghha ra Man Khamoush Mikonam by Zoya Pirzad.
Praised Novel:
Hamnavaei-e Shabaneh-ye Orkestr-e Choobha by Reza Ghasemi.
Appreciated Novels:
Tehran Shahr-e Bi Aseman by Amirhossein Cheheltan | Telesm by Shahla Parvinrooh | Doktor Noon Zanash ra Bishtar az Mosaddegh Doost Darad by Shahram Rahimian.
The Fourth Course | 2002:
The Best Novel:
(This year Mehregan Prize of Literature had no winner.)
Praised Novels:
Parande-ye Man by Fariba Vafi | Man Babr Nistam Pichideh be Balaye Khod-e Takam by Mohammadreza Safdari | Simab va Kimyaye Jan; Reza Joolaei.
The Fifth Course | 2003:
The Best Novel:
Namha va Sayeha by Mohammadrahim Okhovvat.
Praised Novels:
Senj va Senobar by Mahnaz Karimi | Nafas Nakesh Bekhand Begoo Salam by Hassan Bani Ameri.
The Sixth Course | 2004:
The Best Novel: (Joint to)
Abitar az Gonah by Mohammad Hosseini | Mahiha dar Shab Mikhaband by Soudabeh Ashrafi.
Praised Novel:
Kimya Khatoon by Saeideh Ghods.
The Seventh Course | 2005:
The Best Novel:
Va Digaran by Mahboubeh Mirghadiri.
The Praised Novel:
Bazy-e Akhar-e Banoo by Belgheis Soleimani | Royay-e Tabbat by Fariba Vafi.
Appreciated Novels:
Ki Ma ra Dad be Bakht by Farhad Keshvari | Khaterat-e Asheghane-ye Yek Geda by Hassan Farhangi.
The Eighth Course | 2006:
The Best Novel: (Joint to)
Bagh-e Talloo by Majid Gheisari | Aghrab Rooy-e Pellehhay-e Rah Ahan-e Andimeshk -or- Az in Ghatar Khoon Michekad Ghorban! by Hossein Mortazaeian Abkenar.
The Nineth and Tenth Course | 2007 -2008 (biannual):
The Best Novel:
Monalizaye Montasher by Shahrokh Giva.
Praised Novel:
Pary-e Faramoushi by Fereshteh Ahmadi.
The Eleventh and Twelfth Course | 2009-2010 (biannual):
The Best Novel:
Shabihe Atri dar Nasim by Razieh Ansari.
The Praised Novel:
Do Parde-ye Fasl by Fereshteh Molavi | Zir-e Chatr-e Sheitan by Late Mohammad Ayyoubi.
The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Course | 2011-2012 (biannual):
The Best Novel:
Mordegan-e Jazirey-e Mouris by Farhad Keshvari.
The Praised Novel:
Grafe Gorbeh by Hadi Taghizadeh.
The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Course | 2013-2014 (biannual):
The Best Novel:
Chidan-e Baad by Mohammad Ghassemzadeh.
The Praised Novel:
Khof by Shiva Arastouei | Kafoorpoush by Alieh Ataei.
Appreciated Novel:
Payane Khoshe Natamam by Kaveh Mir Abbasi.
The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Course | 2015-2016 (biannual):
The Best Novel:
In Sag Mikhahad Roxana ra Bekhorad by Ghasem Kashkooli.
The Praised Novel:
Kooche-ye Abrhay-e Gomshodeh by Koorosh Asadi* | Faramoushi by Javad Pouyan.
*[based on Mehregan Prize agenda, Mehregan Prize can be granted only to the authors who are alive, but due to the literary merit of the novel and by the consensus of the board of Jury, admitting an exception, an equivalent prize was granted (Mehregan statue and cash bonus) to the novel whose author had passed away during the course of Mehregan’s declaration of results]
Praised Novel:
Galoogah; Tayyebeh Gohari | Afghani Keshi, Mohammadreza Zolal.
The Nineteenth and Twentieth Courses | 2017-2018 (biannual):
The Best Novel:
Ketab-e Khaam by Alireza Seifoddini.
The Praised Novel:
Atash-e Zandan by Ebrahim Damshenas | Shekoufehhaye Annab by Reza Joolaei.
Appreciate Novels:
Kouch-e Shamar by Farhad Heydari Gooran | T-e by Zahed Barkhoda.
The Twenty First and Twenty Second Courses | 2019-2020 (biannual):
Assessment of works in this course terminated in winter 2021 and the long list and the pre-final list of selected works have been announced. The best novel, two praised novels and two appreciated novels are also elected by the jury.
According to the arranged schedule of the secretariat, the final ceremony was to be held in October 2022, but due to the acrimonious and sorrowful circumstances, whose description was rendered in the statement of the director and 24 members of the Jury on 11th of Mehr (October), was postponed to some other occasion.
The Twenty Third and Twenty Fourth Courses | 2021-2022 (biannual):
The introductory preparations for election of the best first printed novel in 2021 and 2022 have begun and are still in progress in the secretariat office of Mehregan Prize.
Mehregan Prize of Literature in the Section of the Best Short Story Collection:
The First Course | 2004:
The Best Short Story Collection: (Joint to)
Hotel Marcopolo; Khosro Davami | Bogzarim, Behnaz Alipour Gaskari.
The Praised Collection:
Sepidrood Zir-e Si-o-Se Pol; Keyhan Davami | Payan-e Derakht-e Seeb; Noushin Salari | Anjirhay-e Sorkh-e Mazaar, Mohammad-Hossein Mohammadi
The Second Course | 2005:
In this course of Mehregan Prize, there was no winner for the Best Short Story Collection.
In this year 19 individual short stories were praised by the Jury from 19 collections of stories by different authors.
The Praised:
Antari ke Sougvar-e Lootyash Ast; Ali Salimi. (from the collection "Zani Shabih-e Havva")
Andar Ahvalat-e Aan Yek Nafar; Javad Atefeh. (from the collection "Ta Maghsad Mikhabam Bidarash Nakon")
Balkon; Shahla Masoumi Nezhad. (from the collection "Emrooz Nobat-e Man Nist")
Bolbol-e Halabi; Mohammad Keshavarz. (from the collection "Bolbol-e Halabi")
Tofang; Giti Rajabzadeh. (from the collection "Booy-e Khis-e Kaj")
Jibhay-e Baraniat ra Begard; Peyman Esmaili. (from the collection "Jibhaye Baraniat ra Begard")
Cheragh-e Roshan, Otaghe Tarik; Hadi Nodehi. (from the collection "Shamayel-e Larzan-e Mardha")
Do Bimar; Mohammad-Javad Kheradmand. (from the collection "Yek Mosht Gereftari")
Didgah; Majid Gheisari. (from the collection "Se Dokhtar-e Golforoush")
Zharfay-e Sormei; Kia Bahadori. (from the collection "Zharfay-e Sormei")
Saat az Marg Gozasht; Natasha Mahramzadeh. (from the collection "Saat az Marg Gozasht")
Sekteh Nakardam; Chista Yasrebi. (from the collection "Man Anakarnina Nistam")
Sevvomin Nameh, Mohammad-Reza Goodarzi. (from the collection "Be Zanoo Dar Naya")
Sonat-e Zananeh; Alireza Mahmoudi Iranmehr. (from the collection "Berim Khoshgozarooni")
Ankaboot; Siamak Golshiri. (from the collection "Ankabbot")
Mardi dar Baran; Sona Nejati. (from the collection "Nime-ye Tanhay-e Man")
Maghbareh; Ali-Asghar Ezzati-e Pak. (from the collection "Mimanam Poshte Dar")
Hamsayeh-e Khoda, Hamideh Vaez-Zadeh. (from the collection "Entekhab-e Azad")
Yek Naghsh va Do Naghsh; Aliasghar Shirzadi. (from the collection "Yek Sekkeh dar Do Jib")
The Third Course | 2006:
The Best Short Story Collection: (Joint to)
Zani ba Chekmehy-e Sagh Boland-e Sabz; Morteza Karbalaeiloo | Zendegi Motabegh-e Khaste-ye To Pish Miravad, Amir-Hossein Khorshidfar
The Fourth and Fifth Courses | 2007-2008 (biannual):
The Best Short Story Collection:
Barf va Samfony-e Abri; Peyman Esmaeili.
The Praised Collection:
Hojoom-e Aftab; Ghobad Azaraein.
The Sixth and Seventh Courses | 2009-2010 (biannual):
The Best Short Story Collection:
Bemanad; Behnaz Alipour Gaskari.
The Praised Collections:
Va Hala Asr Ast; Tayyebeh Gohari | Khab ba Cheshman-e Baz; Neda Kavoosifar.
The Eighth and Nineth Courses | 2011-2012:
The Best Short Story Collection:
Samfony-e Ghourbagheha; Karam-Reza Tajmehr.
The Praised Collections:
Norouz-e Aghay-e Asadi; Mohammad Kalbasi | Anha Kam az Mahiha Nadashtand; Shiva Moghanloo.
Appraciated Collections:
Emrooz Shanbeh; Yusef Ansari | Booy-e Ghir-e Dagh; Aliakbar Heidari.
The Tenth and Eleventh Courses | 2013-2014 (biannual):
The Best Short Story Collection:
Saratan-e Jen; Rambod Khanlari.
The Praised Collections:
Gharibei Zir-e Derakht-e Narenj; Karam-Reza Tajmehr | Polha, Ahmad Abolfathi.
Appreciated Collections:
Dor Bargardan; Meysam Kiani | Akshay-e Dastejamei; Hamid Amjad.
The Twelfth and Thirteenth Courses | 2015-2016 (biannual):
The Best Short Story Collection:
Nobat-e Sag-ha; Soroush Cheetsaz.
The Praised Collection:
Bidar Nashodan dar Saate Nemidanam Chand; Ahmad Aram | Labkhani, Aboozar Ghasemian.
Appreciated Collection:
Khane-ye Koochak-e Ma; Dariush Ahmadi | Gonbad-e Kabood; Koorosh Asadi.
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Courses | 2017-2018:
The Best Short Story Collection:
Ah Ey Maman; Ahmad Hassanzadeh
The Appreciated Collections:
Ou, Mohammad Kalbasi | Khaterat-e Yek Dorooghgoo; Nasim Vahhabi.
Appreciated Collections:
Davazdah Note Baraye Sokoot; Keyvan Sadeghi | Bootighaye Sheytan; Alireza Labesh.
The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Courses | 2019-2020 (biannual):
The evaluation of this course works was finalized in winter 2021 and the long list and the pre-final list of short story collections have been declared: The selected best collection, two praised collections and two appreciated collections.
According to the determined schedule by the secretariat office of Mehregan Prize, the final ceremony was supposed to be celebrated in October 2002T but due to the current bitter and grievous conditions whose explanation was presented in the statement issued by the director and 24 members of the Jury in October 2022, it is deferred to a later occasion.
The Eighteenth and Nineteenth courses | 2021-2022 (biannual):
The preparation of these courses for electing the best first-print collection of the years 2021-2022 has already started and is still in progress.
The Selected Winners of Mehregan Prize for Literature of Young-Adults:
The First Course | 2002:
The Best Young-Adult Novel:
Mihmany-e Divha by Jafar Toozendeh-Jani.
The Praised Novels:
Hamoon va Darya by Abbas Jahangirian.
The Second Course | 2003:
The Best Young-Adult Novel:
Hezaro Yek Sal by Shahriar Mandanipour.
The Third Course | 2004:
The Best Young-Adult Novel:
(This year, Mehregan Prize had no winner.)
The Praised Novels:
Parsian va Man (Kakhe Ezhdaha) and Parsian va Man (Raz-e Kooh-e Parandeh) by Arman Arian.
The Fourth course | 2005:
The Best Young-Adult Novel:
Shoma ke Gharibeh Nistid by Hooshang Moradi Kermani.
The Praised Novels:
Kash Yeki Ghesseh ra Migoft by Shokouh Ghasemnia | Rastakhiz Fara Miresad by Arman Arian.
The Mehregan Prize Selected Winner for “A Life-time Attempt in Writing”:
According to Mehregan Prize agenda in “A Life-time Attempt in Writing”, election of a writer for the collection of his/her composed works requires the unanimous consensus of the jury members; if no such consensus, there will be no award given. It is worth mentioning that this requirement is not necessary in other sections, but what counts, are the highest votes attained by the writers’ works.
The First Course | 2000:
Late Amad Mahmoud, for his collection of works (with emphasis on the novel Hamsayeha)
The Second Course | 2003:
Late Simin Daneshvar for the collection of her works (With emphasis on her novel, Soovashoon)
The Third Course | 2007:
Late Ali Ashraf Darvishian for the collection of his works (with emphasis on the novel Sal Haye Abri)
The Fourth Course | 2017:
Dr. Reza Baraheni for his works and services
The Fifth Course: Impending election
The members of the Jury are considering the collection of works of eminent and outstanding contemporary figures in fiction.
Mehregan Prize Selected Winners of Literature in the Section of Mother Tongue (Novel and Short Story Collections):
Mehregan Prize, in October 2018 coincidental with the twentieth course of Mehregan Persian Literature, added one more section concerned with the mother tongue: Mehregan Prize for mother tongue works, which are initially published in non-Farsi (the writer’s mother tongue) and then translated into Persian, was held.
This Award, with respect for mother-language-speakers in the vast culture of Iran territory, was founded and is granted with the objective of introduction and appreciation of the effort of those authors who compose in their mother tongue and thus serve to preserve it. It also involves
The best novel
The best short story collection
A life-time attempt in writing with regard to the body of the writer’s works
The First Course | 2018:
The Best Novel:
Akharin Rooz-hay-e Zendegi (in Kurdish)l by Ata Nahaei; translated by Karim Mojaver.
The Praised Novel:
Parandehha Digar Nemitarsand (in Azarbayejani Turkish language) by Roghayeh Karimi; translated by Late Hamzeh Farahati.
The Best Short Story Collection:
In this course, short story collection had no winner.
The Second and Third Courses | 2019-2020:
The evaluation of the works finished in winter 2021 and according to the previously designed schedule, the final ceremony of prize giving was supposed to take place in October 2021, but to the critical and catastrophic social circumstances in Iran, it was postponed to an appropriate occasion in the future. Four novels and a short story collection have got to the final stage and have been announced.
The Fourth and Fifth Courses | 2021-2022:
The primary actions have started and already done and the process is still in progress and continued.
The Prize Winners for Literature Overseas or Abroad Mehregan Prize Selected Winners of Literature Overseas:
Coincidental with Mehregan Prize twentieth course, the prize for literary works of literature in Persian outside Iran or overseas was added. The call for evaluating the first-print works of 2017 and 2018 was announced. 126 novels and short story collections were received by the secretariat office and their evaluation or assessment started by 5 literary critic and writers inhabiting abroad. Prior to the announcement of the names of the winners and final ceremony, the continuation and celebration ceremony was banned and ceased. The prize-giving process is also postponed to the next occasion and next notice.
Mehregan Prize for Literature Outside Iran consists of the following sections too:
“the best novel”
- Mehregan prize of literature abroad for “the best short story collection”
- Mehregan prize of literature abroad for “A life-time attempt in Writing”
Golden Literary Mehregan Prize:
Golden Literary Mehregan Prize for the best novel or best short story collection from one decade of Mehregan Prize is also held. The first decade of this prize coincided with 2009 tragic events in Iran and the celebration of this ceremony was almost impossible. Thus, at the end of second decade of Mehregan Prize (2020), consideration of 41 selected and praised novels in the first twenty years took place (first and second decades) and in one occasion were commonly held.
Seven Jury members including Goli Emami, Parvin Salajegheh, Mehdi Ghabraei, Mozhdeh Daghighi, Fazan Sojoudi, and Late Sorayya Ghezel Ayagh were in charge of evaluation and judgment of the novel for Golden literary prize. The whole process of assessment ended in April of 2021 and ten finalist novels of the prize were determined. But due to the Covid 19 epidemic and the subsequent restraints, the ceremony was also deferred to some other occasion to dedicate the prize to the winner of the selected novel.