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Iranian writer

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Sadegh Hedayat was an Iranian writer and poet. He is associated with the Farsi language and has been categorized among Iranian writers. His literary output includes works in the novel genre.

Records indicate that Hedayat was born in either 1902 or 1903, with a specific date of February 17, 1903, listed. He died in 1951, with dates recorded as April 4 and April 9 of that year.

The author is credited with four to five works. His writings have been referenced by 333 other encyclopedia articles.

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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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Key facts

Born
( 1903-02-17 ) 17 February 1903, Tehran , Iran
Died
4 April 1951 (1951-04-04) (aged 48), Paris , France
Cause of death
committed suicide
Resting place
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Alma mater
Dar ul-Funun , St. Louis School , University of Tehran
Known for
Writer of prose fiction and short stories
Notable work
The Blind Owl (Bufe kur), Buried Alive (Zende be gur), The Stray Dog (Sage velgard), Three Drops of Blood (Seh ghatreh khoon)

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Early life and education

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