Homayoun Sanaatizadeh

Homayoun Sanaatizadeh was an Iranian writer, translator. Homayoun Sanaatizadeh [also known as Homayoun San'ati] was the son of Abdulhussain Sanʿatizadeh Kermani (1895–1973). His father was a writer-merchant and part-time bookseller known for his pioneering work in science fiction and utopian fiction in modern Persian literature. His mother, Qamar Taj, belonged to the Dowlatabadi family, which was renowned for advocating the public schooling system in Iran. Sanʿatizadeh had notable relatives, including his uncle Yahya Dowlatabadi (1862–1939), an educationalist, and his aunt Sediqeh Dowlatabadi (1882–1961), a women's rights activist.