%0 Journal Article %T Concept of Death in the Stories of Bahram Sadeghi %A Emine Zeytunlu %J - %D 2019 %X Bahram Sadeghi appears as an important individual in the development process of modern Iran storytelling that started in 19th century and continued its development in the 20th century. Sadeghi who was born in Nejefabad, connected to Esfahan in 1936, had started to write poems with the nick name ¡®Sahba Miqdari¡¯ when he was yet a high school student. In 1955, Sadeghi starts Tehran University School of Medicine and his stories had started to be published in the famous literature magazines of the era since then and receive a great appreciation. Sadeghi whose creative period covers the years 1956-1972 and who is basically accepted as the writer of that decade, create unforgettable works that placed him at frontlines of Iran storytellers despite this short period. First one of those is the novel called ¡°Malakoot¡± (The Invisible World) that he wrote when he was 25 years old and brought him his actual fame. Some place this work also in the category of novella. His other work is the story book ¡°Sangar o Qomqomaha-ye Khali¡± (The Trench and The Empty Canteens) that consist of 30 stories. Other than these two, the author has dispersed poems, unfinished stories and several stage plays. Sadeghi who died in 1984 when he was just 48 years old, had left staggering and deep impacts on both the era he lived in and the authors who came after him with the stories he wrote in his short life. Bahram Sadeghi works on the concept of death skillfully over the characters who had abandoned all hope from life and see death as the only sanctuary in his stories. Sometimes with his ironic narration that leans towards black humor and sometimes with all its pain and reality he handles the fear of death. He consolidates his narration with themes like anxiety, escape, suicide, losing identity and amok. In this study how Sadeghi handles the concept of death with the genuine narrative reality he established on the visible reality shall be discussed. Structured Abstract Bahram Sadeghi appears as an important individual in the development process of modern Iran storytelling that started in 19th century and continued its development in the 20th century. Sadeghi who was born in Nejefabad, connected to Esfahan in 1936, grows via being kneaded with literature due to the benefit of Shahnameh and Masnavi read frequently in his home starting from his childhood. He starts to write poems with the nick name Sahba Miqdari during his high school years. He wins the Tehran university school of medicine. The stories of Sadeghi who start Tehran University in 1955, start to be published in important %K Behram-i Sad£¿k£¿ %K Melek£¿t %K Siper ve Bo£¿ Mataralar %K £¿ran £¿yk¨¹c¨¹l¨¹£¿¨¹ %K £¿l¨¹m kavram£¿ %U http://dergipark.org.tr/nusha/issue/46380/547523