Life and Thought
Mostafa Pournajati, born in 1979, is an Iranian writer, editor, creative-writing instructor, and entrepreneur in the field of written language. He is the founder of the Creative Writing Collective and has offered in-person creative-writing courses since 2011 and online instruction in this field since 2016.
Mostafa Pournajati, born in 1979, is a writer, editor, instructor, and entrepreneur in the field of written language. A significant part of his professional work has focused on teaching creative writing and promoting knowledge in this field in ways suited to the characteristics of the Persian language and literature. He began offering in-person creative-writing courses in 2011, and online versions of these courses were added to his work in 2016.
Pournajati is the founder and director of the Creative Writing Collective, an organization that focuses on specialized creative-writing education through collaboration with instructors in diverse fields. Since 2016, he has also served on the board of the National Association for Editing and Correct Writing and has worked on editing texts in the humanities and business.
His other professional experiences include work in the publishing industry. From 2013 to 2018, Pournajati served as a founding consultant and production director for more than one hundred books at Bahoush Publishing and its children’s and young adult books group. He has also worked as a language consultant and head of the writers’ council at Movafaghiat magazine.
Pournajati has also conducted educational work at the intersection of writing and psychology. Together with Mohammadreza Jabbari, he contributed to the development of “writing therapy” courses at Haftad Institute of Higher Education. His work encompasses creative writing, editing and correct writing, writing education, book production, copywriting, and applications of written language.