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Fatollah Biniaz (born in 1948 in city of Masjid Soleyman and passed away on October 4, 2015 in Tehran) was a prolific writer whose publications extend from fiction to literary criticism. Among his published works, fifteen novels, seven short story collection, and eight books on literary theory and criticism can be seen. As an intellectual and writer, Biniaz had profound knowledge of Iran’s contemporary fiction, and his literary evaluations and analyses exerted a great impact on the modern society of Iran’s literature. His works of fiction portray the attitude and life of Iranian middle class post-revolutionary society and intellectuals in search of meaning and truth of life for themselves in particular and for the people in general.

Biography
Fatollah Biniaz was born in the city of Masjid Soleyman in June 1948. He took his B.A in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology (formerly known as Aryamehr University of Industry). He, then, began his literary career from 1968 to 2001 by writing short stories and essays for many Iranian literary journals and periodicals under a variety of pen names. From the September 2001 onwards, under his real name, he published more than 500 literary essays on the criticisms of prominent both Iranian and world men of letters and book reviews. What’s more, Biniaz was not only an active literary critic who conducted 151 talks in public literary sessions by the May 2009, but he was also maintained an active membership in the board of examiners of Mehregan Literary Prize for twelve years. He was a highly influential examiner in many regional and state literary festivals as well. He was also a member of editorial board of two famous Iranian literary journals: Ketab-e Negare and Nafe. Regrettably, as a result of strict censorship imposed by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance on a number of Biniaz’s fictions, these could not receive necessary permit for publication. In an interview in March 2015, he pointed out that almost 15 of his books which included novels and short story collections could not obtain permit, so he “is done” publishing any more works of fiction. Fatollah Biniaz died of sudden cardiac arrest at the age 67, in Tehran, on Sunday October 4, 2015.

Engineer
Fatollah Biniaz was a prominent figure in the fields of electricity and Cathodic Protection (CP). Throughout the course of thirty five years being an electrical engineer, he trained more than 120 young engineers and technicians in the fields of designing, CP, mechanic, control and automation. He, furthermore, wrote six unpublished books on the subjects of designing CP, electrical and controlling systems. Even though these books are unpublished, they are regarded as source books among the electrical and controlling engineers. Published Fictions: •	A Place of No Space (novel) 1990 •	Impenetrable Circle of Gray Wolves (novel) 1990 •	The Most Painful Story of the World (short story collection) 1991 •	I’m Leaving to Die (short story collection) 1998 •	Farangis the Highness (novel) 1999 •	Insatiable Thirst (novel) 2002 •	Let’s Quell the Rebellions (short story collection) 2003 •	Vipers Never Commit Suicide (novel) 2003 •	The Nostalgic Warrior (novel) 2003 •	The Sealess Mariner (novel) 2003 •	The Funeral of a Burying-Alive (short story collection) 2003 •	Meeting with Jesus (novel) 2003 •	Red Rose: Pure Paradox (novella) 2004 •	The Sorrows of the Dead Passerby (novel) 2004 •	A Sort of Hostility (short story collection) 2005 •	Cold Inflammation (short story collection) 2005 •	The Quartet of Death and the Maiden (short story collection) 2007 •	A Sonnet for the Young Poets (novel) 2007 •	After Death, I’m Still Dying (novel) 2007 Published Books of Literary Criticism and Theory: •	First Volume of Literary Essays (2004) •	Literature: A Palace in the Texture of Solitude (2004) •	An Introduction to Story Writing and Narratology (2008) •	In the World of Modernist Novel (2011) •	Criticism, Analysis, and Interpretation of World’s Famous Fictions (six volumes, 2012-16) Unpublished Fictions: •	Delirium of a Drowned (novel) •	My Sister Manijhe (short story collection) •	The Strange Khaybar (novel) •	The Night of the Defeated (short story collection) •	Give This Rainbow to Me (novel) •	The Wilted Sunflowers (novel) •	The Pale Beam of Sun (short story collection) •	Shabnam and Shaghayegh (short story collection) •	We Polluted! (novel) •	The Left Side of the Cliff (novel) •	Unfinished Portrait (novel) •	Not Everybody Dies in Tehran (novel) •	The Hidden Realm of Satan (novel) •	The Stony Lantern (novel) •	The Outcasts of the City of Poker-Players (novel) •	We Have Left Everything (novel) •	Valleys of No Name (novel) •	Some Passerby in the Ring Road (novel) •	In Asemary Village, Scatter My Ashes in the Storm (novel)