Sadeq Chubak

Sadeq Chubak (1916–1998) was an Iranian author of short fiction, drama and novels, regarded as one of the leading Persian writers of the 20th century. Born in Bushehr, he grew up in Shiraz and graduated from the American College of Tehran in 1937. His debut collection The Puppet Show (1945) was followed by the story collection The Monkey Whose Master Died (1949), the play The Rubber Ball (1962) and the novels Tangsir and The Patient Stone. He worked for the Anglo-Iranian and later the National Iranian Oil Company, translated English literature into Persian, and lived in the United States from 1979 until his death in Berkeley, California.

August 5, 1916