Gholamhossein Saedi

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Gholām-Hossein Sā’edi MD (Persian: غلامحسین ساعدی, also transliterated as Gholamhoseyn Sa’edi and Ghulamhusayn Sa’idi; January 15, 1936 in Tabriz – November 23, 1985 in Paris)[1] was a prolific Iranian writer…. more

Gholam-Hossein Saedi was born on 4 January 1935 in Tabriz, Iran. He was a writer, known for The Cow (1969), Tranquility in the Presence of Others (1972) and The Cycle (1977). He died on 23 November 1985 in Paris, France…… more

Sa’edi published six collections of short stories in the 1960s and early 1970s: Shabneshini-e Bashokouh [The Splendid Soiree] (1960), Azadaran-e Bayal [The Mourners of Bayal] (1964), Dandil (1966), Vaheme-haye Bi Nam-o Neshan [Unidentifiable Worries] (1967), Tars-o Larz [Fear and Trembling] (1968), and Gour-o Gahvareh [The Grave and Cradle] (1972). A story from the last named collection inspired the important motion picture Dayereh-e Mina [The Blue Cycle] (1977)…. more

Gholam-Hossein Sa’edi was born and came of age in the turbulent climate of Iranian Azerbaijani separatist politics. As a young man he dedicated himself to battling the political and cultural repression of the Shah’s regime and producing novels, short stories, plays, and even ethnographic travel literature. One of Sa’edi’s most memorable contributions to the Iranian literary tradition was his screenplay for Dariush Mehrjui’s 1969 film Gav (“The Cow”), which helped usher in the New Wave of Iranian cinema…. more

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