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Sadegh Hedayat was an influential Iranian writer known for his literary innovations and contributions to modern Persian literature. His works are considered important to twentieth-century world literature for their exploration of existential themes and psychological depth.
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Sadegh Hedayat Sadegh (also spelled as Sadeq) Hedayat (Persian: صادق هدایت About this sound listen (help·info); February 17, 1903, Tehran - April 9, 1951, Paris) was an Iranian writer, translator and intellectual. He is one of the earliest Iranian writers who adopted literary modernism in their career. Life[edit] Hedayat was born to a northern Iranian aristocratic family in Tehran (his great-grandfather Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat was himself a well respected writer and worked in the government <a
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Sadegh Hedayat (Persian: صادق هدایت, Persian pronunciation: [ˈsɑːdɛq-ɛ hɛdɑːˈjæt] listen; 17 February 1903 – 9 April 1951) was an Iranian writer, translator, satirist, and poet. Best known for his novel The Blind Owl, he was one of the earliest Iranian writers to adopt literary modernism in their career. He is widely considered to be the father of the atheist movement in Iran.
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