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Iran's renowned author Fasih dies at 75

Iran Materials 18 July 2009 12:05 (UTC +04:00)

The celebrated Iranian author and translator, Ismael Fasih, has passed away at the age of 75 as a result of a brain hemorrhage, PressTV reported.

Fasih died at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Central Hospital in the capital Tehran Thursday evening, the Iranain media reported on Friday.

"The author had been hospitalized at the NIOC hospital on July," his son, Shahriar, told Fars news agency.

"He had been hospitalized previously due to brain vessels problems three years ago too," he added.

His best-known novels include: The Everlasting Story, Pain of Siavesh, Winter 83, A Letter to the World, Basin of Blood and Sorayya in Coma.

Some of his novels have been translated into German, English and Arabic languages.

His novel Winter 83, is about the Iraqi imposed war on the Islamic Republic.

Ismael Fasih was born in Tehran in 1935 and returned to his country after he finished his studies in the United States in 1963.

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