The Little Black Fish, Bilingual Edition

HOOSHANG AMUZEGAR has successfully taught Persian to English speakers in Iran for over thirty years and to British diplomats in London for ten years. He is the author of several other books, including an English translation of The Little Black Fish and How to Speak, Read & Write Persian, also published by Ibex Publishers.

SAMAD BEHRANGI was born in Tabriz in 1939. He received his early education in Tabriz and graduated from high school in 1957. He taught in the rural districts of Azerbaijan for eleven years, familiarizing villagers, especially children and youth, to books and libraries. The Little Black Fish (1968) is his most well-known work. Two of his other works were published in 1969. They are One Peach, A Thousand Peaches and 24 Restless Hours. Some of his concerns regarding the Iranian system of education are outlined in an essay entitled, "Investigations into the Educational Problems of Iran." He also published Tales of Azerbaijan, in two volumes. The Tales were translated from Azeri Turkish into Farsi. Behrangi died in a swimming accident in a river in Azerbaijan in 1968.