Draft:Malihe Vafamehr



‘’’Malihe Vafamehr’’’ (Persian : ملیحه وفامهر) is an Iranian contemporary author, screenwriter, translator and psychologist, expert in  existential and humanistic psychologiy methods. She is known for her surreal short stories Sudden Death in 2014 Tajrobeh.

Her debut novel ‘’Mendar’’ (2017) is published by Morvarid publication. *

She translated many books from English to Farsi include: *Goddesses in Everywoman by Jean Shinoda Bolen, *Gods in Everyman by Jean Shinoda Bolen , *Orghast At Persepolis by A.C.Smith , *Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies.

She is the editor of specialized books in the field of psychology, communication, philosophy. Among her editorials are: *The Will To Meaning by Viktor Frankl, *The Discovery of Being by Rollo May , *The Farther Reaches of Human Nature by Abraham Maslow.

Early life and education
Malihe was born in Tehran.

She started writing at 7 years old, beginning in Institute For The Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults. Her first collection of stories is related to her elementary school days and the imaginations of an observant child in a repressive society. She finished high school in the field of literature while continuously studying classical and modern literature. At the same time, she was diligent and interested in learning English.

After graduating from *ATU in bachelor of psychology with her thesis on *learning disability, she moved to Ardabil and continued her postgraduate studies at *UMA and graduated in Master's degree.

She defended her thesis on the relationship of *perfectionism, *[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5395528/#:~:text=Dogmatism%20is%20defined%20as%20avoidance,with%20others%20with%20different%20ideas. dogma] and *cognitive coping ways with *authoritarianism in athletes and teachers.

She educated screenwriting by master Nasser Taghvai and playwriting by Mohammad CharmShir after university in Tehran.

Also she passed contemporary philosophy courses under supervision of *Babak Ahmadi