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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Said Sayrafiezadeh is the author of When Skateboards Will Be Free, and Brief Encounters with the Enemy. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, and Granta. He teaches at New York University and Hunter College, and lives in New York City.

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Said Sayrafiezadeh is the author of When Skateboards Will Be Free, and Brief Encounters with the Enemy. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, and Granta. He teaches at New York University and Hunter College, and lives in New York City.

Awards

Shortlisted — Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2021

Longlisted — Story Prize, 2021

Books by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

  • American Estrangement: Stories

    Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

    E Book, 2021

    Stories that capture our times by “a young author who has already established himself as a unique American voice” (Elle)
  • American Estrangement: Stories

    Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

    Hardback, 2021

    Stories that capture our times by “a young author who has already established himself as a unique American voice” (Elle).
  • American Estrangement: Stories

    Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

    Paperback, 2023

    Stories that capture our times by “a young author who has already established himself as a unique American voice” (Elle)