Elham Malekpoor Arashlu
Born(1983-07-00)July , 1983
NationalityIranian
Occupation(s)Human rights activist, journalist and poet

Elham Malekpoor Arashlu (Persian: الهام ملک‌پور ارشلو) or Elham Malepoor is an Iranian poet, writer and journalist.[1] She was born in Iran and she is semi-blind.[2]

Biography

Elham was born in July 1983 in Iran. She graduated from Kerman University in Persian literature. She lives in the Netherlands and works as an LGBT Rights activist, writer, and poet.[2]

Elham left Iran in September 2012 due to threats against her.[3] She has been a member of PEN International in the Netherlands since 2016.[4] Elham worked in JoopeA Foundation as a member of management team from 2015 to 2018.[5]

Books

Elham published her first book of poems Jamaica is a country too... (Persian: که جامائیکا هم کشوری‌ست...) in 2006 in Iran.[6]

Malekpoor is also the author of the books A chair to sit (Persian: صندلی برای نشستن),[7] Historiography of Homan (Persian: تاریخ‌نگاری هومان)[8][9] and Breaking the invertebrate flesh (Persian: منقار در گوشت بی‌مهره).[10]

References

  1. "Elham Malekpoor Arashlu". RFG Magazine (in Dutch).
  2. 1 2 سمرقندی, شهزاده (15 January 2018). "وقتی شاعر سکوتش را می‌شکند" (in Persian). رادیو زمانه. الهام ملک‌پور را ایرانیان مقیم اروپا به‌ عنوان جوانی با توانایی محدود بینایی و مدافع پرکار حقوق کودک و اقلیت‌های جنسی می‌شناسند.
  3. "Poems in Exile: Elham Malekpoor". Sampsonia Way. 3 February 2015.
  4. "Conceptnotulen ALV 2016". PEN Nederland (in Dutch).
  5. "Elham Malekpoor Introduction". JoopeA. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  6. ماهی (27 September 2011). "نگره و نقدی بر ادبیات دگرباش". Akhbare-rooz (in Persian). الهام ملک‌پور در سال 1385 مجموعه شعری با نام «که جامائیکا هم کشوری‌ست...» را توسط نشر «مهرراوش» در ایران منتشر کرده است.
  7. Elham Malekpoor Arashlu. "صندلی برای نشستن". Roonak Publication on Instagram (in Persian). Roonak Publication. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  8. "انتشار کتاب تاریخ‌نگاری هومان". JNews (in Persian). کارگاه خبر ژوپی‌آ. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  9. "تاریخ‌نگاری گروه هومان". Het Literatuurplein (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  10. "منقار در گوشت بی‌مهره". Roonak Publication on Instagram (in Persian). Roonak Publication.
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