Sadeq hedayat biography of christopher

Iranian writer (1903–1951)

Sadegh Hedayat (Persian: صادق هدایتPersian pronunciation:[ˈsɑːdɛqɛhɛdɑːˈjæt]listen^ⓘ; 17 February 1903 – 9 April 1951) was an Iranian writer, poet and translator.

Best known for his novel The Blind Owl, he was one of the earliest Iranian writers to adopt literary modernism in their career.

Early life and education

Hedayat was born to a northern Iranian aristocratic family in Tehran.

Sadeq hedayat biography of christopher

His great-grandfather Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat Tabarestani was a well-respected writer and worked in the government, as did other relatives. Hedayat's sister married Haj Ali Razmara who was an army general and among the prime ministers of Iran under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.^[1] Another one of his sisters was the wife of Abdollah Hedayat who was also an army general.^[2]

Hedayat was educated at Collège Saint-Louis (French catholic school) and Dar ol-Fonoon (1914–1916).

In 1925, he was among a select few students who tr