Sadegh Hedayat was born in Tehran in 1903 and is considered one of
the most important Iranian prose writers of the twentieth century.
He is celebrated as the father of modernist Persian literature and
is credited with bringing modern Persian literature onto the
international scene. Although born into a prominent aristocratic
family, Hedayat's writings display an obsession with characters who
populate the fringes of society-the base and the marginalized. In
1936, while living in Bombay, he published his most famous work,
Blind Owl, as a hand-written volume with original illustrations.
Hedayat took his own life in Paris in 1951. Despite his short
literary life, Hedayat was a prolific writer and leaves behind a
copious body of work.
Sassan Tabatabai was born in Tehran in 1967 and has been living in
the United States since 1980. He is a poet, translator, and scholar
of medieval Persian literature. He is Master Lecturer in World
Languages and Literatures and the Core Curriculum, and Coordinator
of the Persian Language Program at Boston University. Tabatabai is
the author of Father of Persian Verse- Rudaki and His Poetry
(Leiden University Press, 2010), Uzunburun- Poems (Pen and Anvil
Press, 2011), and Sufi Haiku (Nemi Books, 2021).
“a much-needed and clear translation”
—Amir-Hussein Radjy, The New York Times
“The eerie, phantasmal Blind Owl…possesses the fully dimensional
oddness of a vivid dream, which one can mine for interpretations,
analyze for influences or simply submit to.”
—Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal
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