Freidoune Sahebjam

Freidoune Sahebjam
فریدون صاحب جم
Born1933 (1933)
Died26 March 2008(2008-03-26) (aged 74–75)
OccupationsJournalist, war correspondent, and novelist
Writing career
Notable workLa Femme Lapidée

Freidoune Sahebjam (Persian: فریدون صاحب جم) (1933 – 26 March 2008) was a French-Iranian journalist, war correspondent, and novelist who resided in Neuilly-sur-Seine in France.[1]

He gained international recognition for his novel La Femme Lapidée, in 1990, about Soraya Manutchehri, which was translated four years later as The Stoning of Soraya M.: A True Story. The book became the basis for screenplay of the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M., in which the American actor James Caviezel portrays Sahebjam.

Sahebjam was a journalist for the French TV channel LCI and for French newspapers such as Le Monde and Le Télégramme.[1]

Before his death, he had recently written a biography on his mother, an aristocrat of Qajar heritage, entitled Une Princesse Persane. He died on Wednesday 26 March 2008, aged 75. The cause of death was not reported.[1]

Bibliography

  • The Stoning of Soraya M., Arcade Publishing, 1994
  • Une Princesse Persane, a biography of his mother, an aristocrat of Qajar heritage
  • Morte parmi les vivants : Une tragédie afghane
  • La Femme Lapidée [The Stoning of Soraya M.]
  • Je n'ai plus de larmes pour pleurer (with Reza Behrouzi)
  • Le Vieux de la montagne
  • Reviens Mahomet, ils sont devenus fous : Chroniques de la barbarie islamique ordinaire
  • Le Dernier Eunuque
  • Mohamad reza pahlavi, shah d'iran
  • Un procès sans appel

References

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