Abbas Ma'rufi

Author and poet

Abbas Ma'rufi was an Iranian author and poet. He is best known for his novel Symphony of the Dead. Ma'rufi was born in 1920 in Tehran, Iran. He studied literature at the University of Tehran and later moved to Paris, where he became a prominent figure in the French literary scene. Ma'rufi wrote several novels and short stories, and his work was widely translated and acclaimed. He died in 2004.