Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Sadegh Hedayat
Born: February 17, 1903
Died: April 9, 1951 (aged 48)
Bio: Sadegh Hedayat was an Iranian writer, translator and intellectual. He is one of the earliest Iranian writers to adopt literary modernism in their career.
Known for:
- The Blind Owl (1936)
- Three Drops of Blood (1932)
- The Stray Dog (1942)
- The Pearl Cannon