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Bozorg Alavi
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Bozorg Alavi was an Iranian male linguist, writer, novelist, and translator. He wrote in Persian and spoke both Persian and German. His notable works include *موريانه*, *Nāmahʹhā*, *Kämpfendes Iran*, *Lehrbuch der persischen Sprache*, and *Chamdān*. He received the Lenin Peace Prize.
Alavi was born in Tehran in 1904 and died in Berlin in 1997. He was educated at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and later worked at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He had one child. His archives are held at the Bamberg State Library. He died of a myocardial infarction.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1904
- Died
- 1996
- Works
- 59
Top works
- موريانه
- Nāmahʹhā
- Kämpfendes Iran
- Lehrbuch der persischen Sprache
- Lehrbuch der persischen Sprache
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- Mojtaba Alavi , February 2, 1904 ( 1904-02-02 ) , Tehran , Sublime State of Persia
- Died
- February 18, 1997 (1997-02-18) (aged 93), Berlin , Germany
- Known for
- Writer, novelist and political activist
- Notable work
- Chashm'hā'yash (Her Eyes)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Place of birth
- Tehran
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Award
- Lenin Peace Prize
- Image
- Bozorg Alavi.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- date of birth
- 1904-00-00
- date of death
- 1997-02-17
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- Persian
- Commons category
- Bozorg Alavi
- end of work period
- 1997-00-00
- archives at
- Bamberg State Library
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Encyclopedic overview
Bozorg Alavi (Persian: بزرگ علوی; February 2, 1904 – February 18, 1997) was an influential Iranian writer, novelist, and political intellectual. He was a founding member of the communist Tudeh Party of Iran in the 1940s and – following the 1953 coup against Premier Mohammad Mossadegh – spent the rest of his life in exile in East Germany, first during the Pahlavi regime, then returning to Germany once more following the 1979 revolution. Cheshm'hā'yash (Her Eyes), which was published in Iran in 1952 and was subsequently banned, is considered his finest novel. Alavi was also a very close friend of Iran's famous writer Sadegh Hedayat; these two created a literary group when they were residing in Paris called "sab'e group". Although Her Eyes is considered his masterpiece, Alavi also wrote many other books, such as the novel "Chamedan" (suitcase) which was written under the influence of Freudian psychology. His other novels "Mirza", "Fifty Three Persons" and "Gilemard" are mentioned in Iranian high-school textbooks. He did return to Tehran after the revolution but did not stay too long and decided to head back to Germany. Bozorg Alavi's contribution to Iranian Literature is profound due to the modernization movement in which he was a key member.
Biography
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