4 Quotes & Sayings By Sadegh Hedayat

Sadegh Hedayat was born in Tehran, Iran. He started writing his first story at the age of six. His first published works were 'The Demon' and 'The Man Who Saved the World'. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Hedayat was determined to publish his works under an alias Read more

His second novel, The Blind Owl, followed in 1984. This novel is a fictionalized account of the life of Mohammad Mossadegh, the hero of Iran's national struggle against British imperialism. Hedayat then wrote two more novels that shared themes with The Blind Owl.

'The Blind Camel' reflects on the social conditions that led to the Islamic Revolution. 'The Blind Horse' continues this exploration of society under revolutionary rule. After the Iranian revolution, Hedayat fled to France where he was granted political asylum in 1986.

He died in Paris on December 26th, 2003.

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I thought to myself: if it’s true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant, dim, and absurd. Perhaps I never had a star. Sadegh Hedayat
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The sun, like a golden knife, was steadily paring away the edge of the shade beside the walls. The streets were enclosed between old, whitewashed walls. Everywhere were peace and stillness, as though all the elements were obeying the sacred law of calm and silence imposed by the blazing heat. It seemed as though mystery was everywhere and my lungs hardly dared to inhale the air. Sadegh Hedayat
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There are sores which slowly erode the mind in solitude like a kind of canker. Sadegh Hedayat