GHAZI RABIHAVI Writer & playwright Short biography — English Ghazi Rabihavi · Writer & playwright Ghazi Rabihavi is an Iranian novelist, short-story writer, playwright and screenwriter, born in Abadan in 1956. In interviews he recalls a childhood shaped by his mother’s storytelling, the palm groves of southern Iran and school theatre. His early prose drew on refinery workers and the lives of people displaced by war. His career spans fiction, journalism, cinema and theatre in Iran and abroad. Look Europe! received a staged reading at London’s Almeida Theatre on 5 October 1997, directed by Gari Jones, with Harold Pinter among the cast. Stoning was presented at Golden Thread’s ReOrient festival in 2001. His novel Boys of Love was published in English by University of Wisconsin Press in 2024, translated by Poupeh Missaghi. Le quattro stagioni iraniane was published in Italian by Musicaos Editore in 2024, edited and translated from English by Benedetta Pati. The longer website biography follows the development of his writing, the publication record and his attributed recollections, with sources beside the chapters. SOURCES Birthplace and year: Musicaos · author biography https://musicaos.org/ghazi-rabihavi/ Childhood and early theatre: Aasoo · Maryam Foumani · 2024 interview https://www.aasoo.org/fa/articles/5013 Early prose and literary work: Baang · 2023 author dossier https://baangnews.net/13787 Look Europe! staged reading: Harold Pinter · acting career record https://www.haroldpinter.org/acting/acting_forstage2.shtml Screenwriting credit: Beverly Hills Film Festival · The Oak Tree https://beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com/film/the-oak-tree/ English publication: BiblioVault · Boys of Love https://www.bibliovault.org/BV.book.epl?ISBN=9780299349042 Italian publication: Musicaos · Le quattro stagioni iraniane https://musicaos.org/le-quattro-stagioni-iraniane-ghazi-rabihavi-narrativa-42/ Performance record: Golden Thread · ReOrient 2001 https://goldenthread.org/productions/reorient-2001/ WEBSITE https://ghazirabihavi.com This file contains biography copy and source links. It grants no permission to reuse photographs, book covers or literary excerpts.