“The First Day of Summer” is a bitter tale of a teenager’s mistakes. The mistakes of a teenager named “Kamyar” that are narrated in his own language and introduce the audience to challenging concepts such as trust, friendship and the ability to say no.
About the author: “Siamak Golshiri” was born on 13 August 1968 in Isfahan, Iran. In 1996 he defended his thesis entitled “Short Story in Germany after the Second World War” and received his M.A. in German Language and Literature. His first short story was published under the title of “Late In The Night” in Adineh Magazine in 1994 and then he published many short stories in various magazines, such as Adineh, Gardoon, Dowran, Karnameh, Zenderood, Zanan, Kelk and many articles in different papers, and finally in 1998, his first collection of stories was published under the title of “Of Love And Death”.
Most of Golshiri’s short stories take place in contemporary Iran, specially in contemporary Tehran, dealing with a complete realistic notion to contemporary man his relation with contemporary society. From his characteristic features, it can be pointed out to various scenes and complete impartial prose, without any adjective or adverb and many dialogues.
Siamak Golshiri has been able to win prizes five times and has been candidate for more than ten times for various literacy prizes. He has been teaching creative writing in universities and different centers for more than ten years.
