Considered the most important work of modern Iranian literature, The Blind Owl is a haunting tale of loss and spiritual degradation.
Sadeq Hedayat was born in Tehran in 1903, of an aristocratic family, and spent most of his life there. In 1951, during a stay in Paris, Hedayat committed suicide. Recognized as the outstanding Persian writer of the 20th century, Hedayat is generally credited with having brought his country's language and literature into the mainstream of contemporary writing.
The father of modern Persian short stories.
*The Guardian*
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