Fereydoun Tonekaboni
Fereydoun Tonekaboni was an Iranian satirist and storyteller.
Biography
Fereydoun Tonekaboni was born in a cultural family in Tehran. His father was a school principal, and his mother was a teacher. After completing his education, he became a teacher of Persian language and literature. In 1961, he published his first story titled A Man in a Cage with a romantic tone. He then collaborated with Iranian literary publications, and his writings leaned more towards satire. In 1969, Tonekaboni was a member of the Writers' Association of Iran and participated in some of its sessions advocating for freedom of expression. After the revolution and the crackdown on members and supporters of the party, he went into hiding in 1983 and eventually fled the country.Tonekaboni faced a challenging journey and reached West Germany, where he lived in Cologne for several years. Fereydoun Tonekaboni gained numerous readers, especially for his political satire from the late 1960s to the end of the 1970s. Among the eighteen books he published, "Notes of the Busy City," "Dark Night Stars," and "The Sorrow of Being a Column" are more widely known. He continued his press activities abroad, publishing his writings in various newspapers or in the form of books.
Tonekaboni died in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 28 September 2024, at the age of 87.