Sadegh Hedayat
17 February 1903 – 9 April 1951
Sadegh Hedayat was an Iranian writer, translator and folklorist regarded as a founder of modern Persian fiction. His best-known work, the novella The Blind Owl, first circulated in a limited edition printed in Bombay in 1936, and he also wrote short stories, satire and studies of Iranian folklore and Middle Persian texts. He died by suicide in Paris in 1951.
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Life events
He was born into a prominent Iranian family with a long record of state service.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAt the French-run missionary school he began reading European literature in the original.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe studied first in Belgium and then in France, where he abandoned engineering for literature.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe worked in banking and government offices while writing.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZende be Gur was his first published book of fiction.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgIn Bombay he worked with Parsi scholars on Pahlavi texts.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe mimeographed edition of Boof-e Koor was marked as not for sale or publication in Iran.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe obtained leave from his post and moved to France late in 1950.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe took his own life in a rented apartment and was buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
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