Samad Behrangi

Culture of origin: Azerbaijani · Cultural

Holiday sources: Azerbaijani · Iran

Samad Behrangi (1939–1968), born in Tabriz, taught in the villages of Iranian Azerbaijan, collected Azerbaijani folktales and argued for the right of children who did not speak Persian to an education suited to their lives. His children's books, above all The Little Black Fish, made him famous. He drowned in the Aras River on 9 Shahrivar 1347 (31 August 1968); many blamed the Pahlavi government, which the army officer seen with him denied.