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Samad Behrangi

1939 - 1967

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Samad Behrangi (Persian: صمد بهرنگی; June 24, 1939 – August 31, 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 his/her circumstances by her own initiatives. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samad Behrangi is the 3,469th most popular writer (up from 3,760th in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Iran (up from 331st in 2019) and the 36th most popular Iranian Writer.

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Among writers, Samad Behrangi ranks 3,469 out of 7,302. Before him are Lesches, Viktor Rydberg, Jerzy Giedroyc, Bernard Maris, Pavao Ritter Vitezović, and Jojo Moyes. After him are Hermann Rauschning, Peter James, Jean-Claude Izzo, Giuseppe Parini, Nima Yooshij, and Manès Sperber.

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Among people born in 1939, Samad Behrangi ranks 264. Before him are Litokwa Tomeing, Corin Redgrave, Ole Ellefsæter, Igor Chislenko, Jaime Paz Zamora, and Phil Read. After him are João César Monteiro, Edwin Frederick O'Brien, Fahrudin Jusufi, Paul Gleason, Panajot Pano, and Bill Mulliken. Among people deceased in 1967, Samad Behrangi ranks 155. Before him are Daniel Jones, Jaromír Weinberger, Ramón Encinas, André Cluytens, Evelyn Nesbit, and Fernando Paternoster. After him are Vlastimil Kopecký, Carl Schuricht, Oskar Maria Graf, Bob Anderson, Péter Tóth, and Thomas Tien Ken-sin.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Samad Behrangi ranks 304 out of 631. Before him are Mohammad Reza Aref (1951), Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (935), Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957), Mohammad Javad Zarif (1960), Behrouz Vossoughi (1938), and Sadegh Khalkhali (1926). After him are Nima Yooshij (1897), Ahmad Shamlou (1925), Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), Sami Yusuf (1980), and Jamshid Amouzegar (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Samad Behrangi ranks 36. Before him are Kader Abdolah (1954), Ubayd Zakani (1301), Raffi (1835), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Abolqasem Lahouti (1887), and Sohrab Sepehri (1928). After him are Nima Yooshij (1897), Ahmad Shamlou (1925), Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), Saib Tabrizi (1592), and Simin Daneshvar (1921).

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