Sadeq Hedayat

"My life appeared to me as unnatural, uncertain and incredible as the design on the pencase I am using at this moment. It seems that a painter who has been possessed, perhaps a perfectionist, has painted the cover of this pencase. Often, when I look at this design, it seems familiar; perhaps it is because of this design that I write or perhaps this design makes me write."

He is an Iranian Famous writer. He was born in 1903 to an aristocratic family. He was education at the best schools in Tehran. In 1925, he traveled to Europe to continue his Studies. In the French high school, Lycée Français, in Tehran he become accustom to western literature. He was affected by the works of some western's writes such as Franz Kafka, Edgar Allen Poe, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Anton Chekhov. In 1930 he came back to Iran and he held different official jobs. Se qatre khun (three Drops of Blood), Alaviyeh Khanum (Madame Alaviyeh), vagh vagh sahab (mister bow wow), Haji Agha (Mr.Haji) are some of his collection of his short stoires. Parvin Dokhtar-e sasan (Parvin, sassan's daughter), Maziyar, and Afsaneye Afarinesh (The Fable of Creation)are his plays. His most famous work is "The Blind Owl" which has been translated into English, German, French, Indian, and Urdu.