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Hadi Khorsandi | |
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![]() Khorsandi in Amsterdam, 2010 | |
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Occupation(s) | Writer, poet, satirist |
Children | 2, including Shaparak Khorsandi |
Website | www |
Hadi Khorsandi (Persian: هادی خرسندی, born 22 July 1943) is an Iranian poet and satirist. Since 1979, he has been the editor and writer of the Persian-language satirical journal Asghar Agha.[1] He is known for his examination of Persian socio-political issues and for openly criticizing the Iranian regime. He has lived in exile in London since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Career
Khorsandi first wrote for Tawfiq when he was a high school student in Tehran.[2] He was the subject of death threats during the 1980s.
Hadi Khorsandi's latest book is Tafrih al-Masaael. His other books are Sheraaneh and Yaad Daasht-haaye Mashkouke Alam and Aayeh-haaye Iraani.
Personal life
Khorsandi is the father of comedian Shaparak Khorsandi[3] and journalist Peyvand Khorsandi.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "The Ayatollah and I by Hadi Khorsandi". www.publishersweekly.com. 1987. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Hadi Khorsandi (February 1986). "Sadeq Sedaqat of class 4-D". Index on Censorship. 15 (2): 25–28. doi:10.1080/03064228608534041. S2CID 143127646.
- ^ Brown, Helen (11 September 2021). "I was warned not to look good on stage". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Peyvand Khorsandi | New Humanist". newhumanist.org.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
External links
Media related to Hadi Khorsandi at Wikimedia Commons
- www.HadiKhorsandi.Com
- Strange Times, My Dear: The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature
- His poem
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