Azar Nafisi

| birth_date = | birth_place = Tehran, Pahlavi Iran | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Writer, professor | language = English | nationality = | citizenship = American | education = | alma_mater = University of Oklahoma | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books | spouse(s) = | partner(s) = | children = | relative(s) = | awards = 2004 Non-fiction Book of the Year Award (Booksense), Persian Golden Lioness Award | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} Azar Nafisi (; born 1948) is an Iranian-American writer and professor of English literature. Born in Tehran, Iran, she has resided in the United States since 1997 and became a U.S. citizen in 2008.

Nafisi has held several academic leadership roles, including director of the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Dialogue Project and Cultural Conversations, a Georgetown Walsh School of Foreign Service, Centennial Fellow, and a fellow at Oxford University.

She is the niece of a famous Iranian scholar, fiction writer and poet Saeed Nafisi. Azar Nafisi is best known for her 2003 book ''Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books'', which remained on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for 117 weeks, and has won several literary awards, including the 2004 Non-fiction Book of the Year Award from Booksense.

In addition to ''Reading Lolita in Tehran,'' Nafisi has authored, ''Things I've Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter,'' ''The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books'' and ''That Other World: Nabokov and the Puzzle of Exile.'' Her newest book, ''Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times'' was published March 8, 2022.

In 2024, ''Reading Lolita in Tehran'' was adapted into a film by director Eran Riklis. Golshifteh Farahani, one of the most well-known Iranian actresses, plays Nafisi in the film. Other cast members include Zar Amir Ebrahimi, and Mina Kavani. Provided by Wikipedia