Ghassem Hasheminezhad or Ghasem Hasheminejad ( fa, قاسم هاشمی‌نژاد; September 24, 1940 – April 1, 2016) was a

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

Literary critic, writer, journalist, screenwriter and

sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

. Nezhad was the author of the novel ‘Elephant in the Dark’. He was a critic and author who has worked for the

Ayandegan ''Ayandegan'' ( fa, آیندگان lit. "The Future People") was one of the most influential and popular daily newspapers in Iran during Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's rule. It was the first morning daily paper of Iran. It had an independent and critica ...

newspaper.Author Ghasem Hasheminejad Dies Aged 76
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External links

Iranica Online - Ghassem Hashemi Nezhad
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hashemi Nezhad, Ghassem Iranian journalists Iranian male novelists Iranian novelists Iranian translators People from Amol 1941 births 2016 deaths 20th-century translators 20th-century male writers Iranian literary critics