Abdulhossain San’atizadeh

According to numerous literary chronicles, Abdulhossain San’atizadeh played a pioneering role in the development of the historical novel and the formation of science fiction and utopian genres in modern Persian literature. The importance of his works in shaping feminist and multi-genre literature has also been suggested in modern Persian literature.

San’atizadeh (1895-1973) was the son of Haj Ali Akbar, who was a companion of Mirza Agha Khan and Seyed Jamaluddin Asadabadi and a supporter of the constitutional movement in Kerman, and the father of Homayoun Sanetizadeh, who was an entrepreneur and the local manager of the Tehran branch of the Franklin Book Programs. He was both a prolific writer and a successful businessman.