Sadegh Hedayat

Iranian writer

Sadegh Hedayat (February 17, 1903, in Tehran – April 9, 1951, in Paris) was an Iranian writer and translator. He was a pioneer in modern Iranian story-writing. The story of The Blind Owl is the most famous book of him.

The last photograph he posted from Paris to his relatives in Tehran. (1951)

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