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Bozorg Alavi
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Born |
Bozorg Alavi
February 3, 1904
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Died | February 9, 1997 (aged 93)
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Nationality | Iranian |
Known for | Writer, novelist and political activist |
Notable work
| Chashm'hā'yash (Her Eyes) |
Bozorg Alavi (
Persian:
بزرگ علوی) (February 2, 1904 – February 18, 1997) was an influential
Iranian writer, novelist, and political intellectual. He was a founding member of the communist
Tudeh Party of Iran in the 1940s and – following the
1953 coup against Premier
Mohammad Mossadegh – spent the rest of his life in exile in Germany, first during the Pahlavi regime, then returning to Germany once more following the
1979 revolution.
Cheshm'hā'yash (Her Eyes), which was published in Iran in 1952 and was subsequently banned, is considered his finest novel. Alavi was also a very close friend of Iran's famous writer
Sadegh Hedayat; these two created a literary group when they were residing in Paris called "sab'e group". Although
Her Eyes is considered his masterpiece, Alavi also wrote many other books, such as the novel
chemdanwhich was written under the influence of Freudian psychology. His other novels
mirza, 53 nafar and
gilemard are used in Iranian high-school textbooks. He did return to Tehran after the revolution but did not stay too long and decided to head back to Germany. Bozorg Alavi's contribution to Iranian Literature was profound and shall not be forgotten.
Bozorg Alavi (born
Seyyed Mojtaba Alavi) was born in
Tehran, Iran. He was the third of six children. His father, Seyyed Abol Hassan Alavi, took part in the 1906
Constitutional Revolution and later published (with
Hasan Taqizadeh) the progressive newsletter
Kaveh (Kaweh) in Germany. His paternal grandfather