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About Martin
Mohammad Forouzani (writer name Martin Foroz) is an Iranian writer currently living in Oman as an expatriate English Language and Literature professor with a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature. Martin has written four stage plays that are on simultaneous submissions to contests and theater houses. He is also a frequent contributor to Substack with his comparative essays and critiques on plays and films. Martin is currently seeking producers for his feature spy-thriller ALIYAH. It has been selected as semi-finalist at Swiss Alpenglow International Film Festival 2024.
Prior to his focused screen and stage writing, Martin published several English poems in literary magazines, authored three poetry collections titled “Inside Out” (Olympia Publishers, UK, 2017), “Out Inside” (Austin Macauley Publishers, UK, 2019), “A Louvre of Verse” (Beckham Publishing House, US, 2020), and completed three novels one of which, “The Path,” is on multiple submissions and the other two are in editing process. Some of his short poems and one of his verse dramas “The Confessing Song of Mr. Head” in video format are available on his YouTube page. His imagist poem “To My Reader” was also performed on stage by the Iran-Germany Theater Group in Nürenberg in August 2023.
In addition to his English works, Martin has published a collection of Persian short stories titled “Khateraat-e Ravi” (The Narrator’s Memories) (Forough Book, Köln, 2022) and authored a collection of 6 Persian plays on social themes. This collection is under review for publication. Martin’s writings mostly portray social injustice, ideological dogma, censorship, and quest for freedom of thought and speech.
Besides his literary works, Martin has published articles, books, and book chapters in language studies, and his most prominent publication in the area of language and linguistics is "An Illustrative Dictionary of Semantics (ILLUDS)" first published in 2019 and republished in 2023 by Austin Macauley, US. Martin is currently writing a fantasy-detective play on an AI (/ei-ai/) theme.
Unique traits: Not necessarily unique, but my stories are created when I sit to type- with no plans- and/or while I'm asleep.
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Nominee at Swiss Alpenglow Int'l Film Festival and Winner at Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA) 2024
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WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition- Bronze winner for stage play The Inglorious Bastard after "Downfall"
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WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition- Bronze winner for stage play The Triangle
(2024)
Education
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PhD
(2004-2010)
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