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Iranian writer (–)

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

This entry looks at the life and work of the Iranian pioneering modernist writer Sadegh Hedayat in the hope of finding out how the city, culture, and folklore.

This entry looks at the life and work of the Iranian pioneering modernist writer Sadegh Hedayat in the hope of finding out how the city, culture, and folklore.

His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in ).

Sadeq Hedayat is the most famous and the most enigmatic Iranian writer of the 20th century.

Hedayat's novel and William Faulkner's The Sound and the Furj.

Sadeq Hedayat: The Life and Legend of an Iranian Writer.

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.

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 (–).

In , he was among a select few students who traveled to Europe to continue