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Sadegh Hedayat | |
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 The last photograph he posted from Paris to his relatives in Tehran. (1951) | |
| Born | 17 February 1903 |
| Died | 9 April 1951 (aged 48) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Dar ul-Funun St. Louis School University of Tehran |
| Known for | Writer of prose fiction and short stories |
| Notable work | The Blind Owl (Bufe kur) Buried Alive (Zende be gur) The Stray Dog (Sage velgard) Three Drops of Blood (Seh ghatreh khoon) |
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Sadegh Hedayat (Persian: صادق هدایت Persian pronunciation: [ˈsɑːdɛq ɛ hɛdɑːˈjæt] ; 17 February 1903 – 9 April 1951) was an Iranian writer and translator. Best known for his novel The Blind Owl, he was one of the earliest Iranian writers to adopt literary modernism in their career.