![]() His political affiliations changed markedly during his life. His seminal work, Mudir-i Madrasah (The School Principal) (1958) is social criticism as much as a novel-a blend that has led to many of Al-i Ahmad's works, especially his later ones, being banned. His first works of fiction began to appear in 1945. 020 Al-I Ahmad, Jalal Life Dates:1923-1969 Born in Tehran, Iran, in 1923, Jalal Al-i Ahmad is considered to be one of Iran's major modern prose writers, distinguished in both fiction and nonfiction. ![]() ![]() Among his works widely read in Europe, particularly in France, are The Return of the Spring (1933) and The Tree Climber (1962), considered his masterwork. He resigned from government service and devoted himself completely to writing. In 1928 he was appointed an attorney to the public prosecutor in the provinces of Egypt, and his experiences there inspired his novel The Maze of Justice. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, he studied law in Paris and spent time with writers there. Tawfiq al-Hakim was the undisputed pioneer of dramatic writing in Arabic. ![]()
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