Who was Mansour Koushan?
Q: Who was Mansour Koushan?
A: Mansour Koushan was a prominent Iranian author, playwright, poet, journalist and director of movies and plays.
Q: How many books did he publish?
A: He published 14 collections of poetry and short stories, 7 novels, 12 books of analysis on Culture, Literature, Society and politics, and hundreds of analytical essays.
Q: What role did he have in the Council of the Association of Iranian Writers?
A: While in Iran, he was an active member of the Council of the Association of Iranian Writers.
Q: What happened to Takapou newspaper?
A: He presided over the newspaper Takapou in 1996 before it was shut down for being the sole outlet to publish the "1994 Declaration of 134 Iranian Writers," a letter against censorship that would result in the deaths of many signatories at the hands of the Iranian regime's secret service.
Q: Where did Mansour Koushan travel to deliver a speech?
A: In December 1998, Koushan traveled to Norway to deliver a speech at the 50th anniversary of the U.N. Declaration Human Rights Charter.
Q: What award did Mansour Koushan win?
A: He won the 2010 Carl von Ossietzky prize awarded annually to a writer for his outstanding efforts for human rights and freedom of speech.
Q: What publication was Mansour Koushan chief editor at when he died?
A: At time time he died from gastric cancer on 16 February 2014 in Stavanger; he was chief editor for Persian quarterly on literature culture and art called Jonge Zaman
