Skip to content
Samad Behrangi

Image by weixian on Pixabay · Pixabay License

EntityQ340074· pop 30· linked from 386 articles

Samad Behrangi

Sign in to save

Iranian writer and social critic (1939–1967)

OverviewAI-generated

Samad Behrangi was a writer, poet, translator and essayist, born on 24 June 1939 in Tabriz. A citizen of Iran, he was educated at the University of Tabriz and wrote in Azerbaijani and Persian, producing works including Talkhūn, Afsānahʹhā-yi Aẕarbāyjān, ماهی سیاه کوچولو and Ḥamāsah-i Kūrughlū. He died by drowning in an accidental death in Tabriz.

Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
75

Top works

  • حماسه كوراوغلو
  • مجموعه مقاله ها
  • Talkhūn
  • Afsānahʹhā-yi Aẕarbāyjān
  • کند و کاو در مسائل تربىتى ايران

via Open Library + Wikidata

Key facts

Born
( 1939-06-24 ) 24 June 1939, Tabriz , Iran
Died
31 August 1968 (1968-08-31) (aged 29), Aras River , Iran
Cause of death
Drowning
Alma mater
Tabriz University
Occupations
Short story writer teacher social critic social activist poet translator
Years active
1957–1968
Organization
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas
Criminal charges
Political criticism

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Samad
Gender
male
Citizenship
Iran
Place of birth
Tabriz
Place of death
Tabriz
Occupation
teacher
Languages spoken
Persian
Image
Samad Behrangi.JPG
Show 8 more facts
Commons category
Samad Behrangi
date of birth
1939-06-24
date of death
1968-08-31
cause of death
drowning
writing language
Azerbaijani
name in native language
صمد بهرنگی
Commons Creator page
Samad Behrangi
manner of death
accidental death
Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

~6 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Samad Behrangi (Persian: صمد بهرنگی; 24 June 1939 – 31 August 1968) was a Marxist-Leninist Iranian teacher, social activist and critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer of Iranian Azerbaijani descent. He is famous for his children's books, particularly The Little Black Fish. Influenced by predominantly leftist and communist ideologies that were common among the intelligentsia of his era‌, which made him popular among the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (an Iranian communist organization), his books typically portrayed the lives of the children of the urban poor and encouraged the individual to change their circumstances by their own initiatives.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samad Behrangi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.