Bijan Najdi was an Iranian writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 and poet

Poet

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. Najdi is most famous for his short story collection

Short story collection

A short story collection is a book of short stories by a single author, as distinguished by an anthology of fiction by more than one author. The stories in a collection can share a theme, setting, or characters and sometimes can also include work of poetry. Notable collections include Nine Stories...

 "The leopards who have run with me

The leopards who have run with me

The leopards who have run with me is a Persian language short story collection written by Iranian writer Bijan Najdi. The book was published in Iran in 1997....

" (1994).

Life and career

Bijan Najdi was born in Khash a county in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. His parents were from Gilan.He lost his father when he was four in a murder incident. He spent his basic education in Rasht

Rasht

Rasht is a city in and the capital of Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 551,161, in 159,983 families.Rasht is the largest city on Iran's Caspian Sea coast. It is a major trade center between Caucasia, Russia and Iran using the port of Bandar-e Anzali...

. He got his M.A

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...

 in Mathematics

Mathematics

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 and was one of the first writers to go to the front in Iran-Iraq war

Iran-Iraq War

The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran, lasting from September 1980 to August 1988, making it the longest conventional war of the twentieth century...

. He started writing when he was young but published his notable book "The leopards who have run with me" in 1994. This book received a Gardoun award as one of the best short story collection ever written in Iran.

Works

Among Najdi's works both there are poems and fictions. He just published the short story collection "The leopards who have run with me" when he was alive and his other works were published after his death by his wife.

• The leopards who have run with me
  The leopards who have run with me
  The leopards who have run with me is a Persian language short story collection written by Iranian writer Bijan Najdi. The book was published in Iran in 1997....
  
   - 1994
• Repeated stories
• Unfinished stories
• Out of those streets, again
• The sisters of this summer

External links

• four short stories by Bijan Najdi (Persian)
• four poems by Bijan Najdi (Persian)
• An online collection of his poems (Persian)
• Najdi's Photo in Lahijan