مسعود بُربُر Masoud Borbor
Bio
Masoud Borbor is an Iranian story writer, narratologist. story-writing teacher and former journalist.
He is the editor of Barg-e-Honar magazine.
Borbor teaches a variety of courses in story writing, and narratology at the college, institutes like Khanesh, Osan, Baharan and private workshops. He also works as the supervisor and book editor in a couple of publishers. He has been working as a journalist since 2000.
He is known as a radical liberal and anti-totalitarian, who criticises leftists and their coercive approach. His favourite topics are fiction, literature, narratology, freedom, environmental issues, cultural heritage, and libertarianism. He believes that “story is a gate to liberty”
Books:
- Laughter of Dread and Loneliness, novel, Cheshmeh Pub. ۲۰۲۴.
- Borders You Crossed, novel, Saaless Pub. ۲۰۱۹.
- This Is Home, short stories. Ameh Book Pub. 2016.
- Iran Tourist Guide, Safiran Pub. 2017.
Fiction recitation sessions
Since March 2020 and before the quarantine regulations being introduced, Masoud Borbor started to host a program on Instagram-Live every night at 22:22 (more than 600 nights now), hosting a writer or a translator reading a story for the audience and conversations about the fiction after that. That is the virtual version of his weekly sessions. Since six years ago, he has had fiction recitation sessions in book-cafes, the sessions were free and each time one or two stories were read and discussed, by the presence of the writer or translator of the story.
Teaching
Masoud Borbor has taught several courses related to fiction and story writing, at university, Osan Instiute, Khanesh Institute, Baharan Institute, Khorshid Institute, etc. The courses were mostly about story writing, the history of fiction, ancient Persian fiction, narratology, creative writing, etc.
Journalism experience:
- Barg-e-Honar, Duty editor, literature monthly, 2015-present.
- Jaam-e-Jam Daily, producing a weekly page called “The Joy of Fiction”, 2020-2022.
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Mehr News Agency, Environmental reporter, 2020.
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Iscanews, member of the editorial board, 2013-2015
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Ghanoon Daily, Editor of Sarzamin (The Land) page, 2012-2015
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Irana, tourism magazine monthly, 2012-2015
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Ghanoon Online, Multimedia editor, 2011-2012
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National Radio, several weekly programs host (books, literature, environment, travel, etc). 2008-present.
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Story Reading and Fiction Recitation Gatherings, managing weekly story reading and discussion gatherings, 2015-present. (now it has moved to Instagram live, every night at 22:22)
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Freelance Journalism, interviewing famous writers, officials, etc. for different media, and writing stories and critiques for different literature magazines like Hamshahri Dastan, Tajrobeh, etc.
Other experience:
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Story writing, teaching creative writing, content writing, copy editing, literature and narratology, bibliojournalism, organizing literature and book-related sessions and gatherings, environmental journalism, radio, podcast and multimedia journalism, photojournalism, social media and social network (Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, Telegram, Facebook, etc), ecotourism, content management, etc.
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