Complete Works - Volume IV - Bufe Kur (the Blind Owl): 4 (Complete Works of Sadegh Hedayat)

Published in Farsi language by the Sadegh Hedayat Foundation and the renowned Iranian Burnt Books Foundation this is the fourth volume of the revised and according to original manuscripts comparatively updated complete works of Sadegh Hedayat the renowned Iranian novelist. This volume contains his most prominent novel bufe kur (the blind owl) published for the first time in its original (non-censored) version. The volume furthermore includes the original handwritten manuscript (facsimile) of the novel as well as a collection of critics by prominent international writers. The volume closes with the so called poetics of bufe kur. Sadegh Hedayat was born on 17 February 1903 in Tehran at his fathers house. His father was Hedayat Gholi Khan-e Hedayat(Etezad-Ol-Molk) son of Jafar GholiKhan-e Hedayat his mother was Ozra-Zivar-Ol-Moluk Hedayat daughter of Hossein GholiKhan-e Mokhber-ol-Dole the second. His parent was from the line of Reza GholiKhan; who was one of the famous Iranian writers poets and historians in 13th century; that was Kamal Khojandi descents. He went to Elmieh Primary school Tehran in 1909 and after completing his basic education and then started his high school at Darolfonun in 1914. Because of eye trouble there was a break in his education in 1914 but he continued his education in Saint Louis School at Tehran where he got familiar with French language and literature in 1917. He completed his secondary education and was sent with the other Iranian students to Belgium for higher education in 1925. At first he studied in Gand Port University but he declared his dissatisfaction because of bad weather and his education situation so he was transferred to Paris to continue his studies. In1928 Sadegh Hedayat attempted to his first suicide by throwing himself into Marne River in Samoi but he was rescued by the people in a boat. Finally in 1930 he returned back to Tehran and in that year he was hired in Bank Melli Iran. In those days Rabe Group was formed including Bozorg Alavi Massud Farzad Mojtaba Minavi and Sadegh Hedayat.In 1932 he traveled to Isfahan and also started his work at General Department of Commerce. In 1933 he traveled to Shiraz and stayed in his uncles house (Dr.Kraim Hedayat) for awhile. In 1934 he resigned from General Department of Commerce and commenced his work at Ministry Of Foreign Affairs; he resigned from Ministry Of Foreign Affairs in 1935 and in that year he was summoned by Police Investigation Department and interrogated for the context of the book Mister Bow Wow. In 1936 he commenced working at General Department of Construction and traveled to India he started learning Pahlavi Language with an Indian researcher and professor; Bahram Goor Anklesaria. In 1937 he returned back to Tehran started working in Bank Melli Iran again he resigned from there again in 1938 and started working at State Music Department and also cooperating with Music Magazine. In 1940 he commenced his work at Fine Art Faculty of Tehran University as translator and cooperating with Sokhan Magazine in 1943.He went to Tashkent by the invitation of The State University of Middle Asia in Uzbekistan in 1945 and also cooperated with Payam e Now Magazine. In that year a ceremony for honoring Sadegh Hedayat was held in Iran and Soviet Union Cultural Society in 1949.He was invited to participate in The World Congress of Peace but he could not attend because of his administrative problems. In 1950 he went to Paris and on April 8 1951 in that city he committed suicide by gaz.He was 48 years old when got himself free from life pains his grave was in Pere-la Chaise Cemetery in Paris. He spent all his life in his fathers house.