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Hamid Sadr

Hamid Sadr is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hamid Sadr rather than just read about it. In short: Hamid Sadr (Persian حميد صدر; born 12 December 1946 in Tehran) is an Iranian author based in Austria. Biography Sadr published his first two-story collections, Stories of the Alley (1966) and Stories of Weary Pigeons (1967), in his early 20s.

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Reference excerpt

Hamid Sadr (Persian حميد صدر; born 12 December 1946 in Tehran) is an Iranian author based in Austria.

Biography Sadr published his first two-story collections, Stories of the Alley (1966) and Stories of Weary Pigeons (1967), in his early 20s. The latter won Iran's Book of the Year Award and prompted an invitation to join the Writers’ Association of Iran, which Sadr accepted, making him its youngest member. He wrote his first novel, Strike of the Moths (1969), while serving in the military in southeastern Iran. By the time of its publication, he had finished his service and moved to Austria to study chemistry. When the Writers’ Association was officially banned, he began to work as its foreign correspondent, campaigning for its legalization from Europe. The publication of Sadr's subsequent work was hindered by his affiliation with the resistance movement and the tightening of censorship under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In addition to his work for the Writers’ Association, he participated in the occupation of the Iranian consulate in Geneva in 1976. During the occupation, he helped smuggle out a trove of classified documents that revealed the illegal surveillance of regime critics by the Iranian secret police (or SAVAK) in Europe. In 1979, at the time of the Iranian Revolution, Sadr decided to remain in Europe and moved from Vienna to Paris, where he worked together with the film director Jacques Bral on his films Extérieur Nuit, Polar, and Mauvais Garcon as well as with director Samuel Fuller on Street of No Return. After returning to Vienna in 1991, Sadr started to write in German. His first German-language novel, Gesprächszettel an Dora (1994), is a reconstruction of the last months of Franz Kafka’s life. His second novel in German, Der Gedächtnissekretär (“The Memory Secretary,” 2005), engages with the legacy of the bombing of Vienna in World War II. Der Gedächtnissekretär won the Anerkennungspreis of the Bruno-Kreisky-Preis für das politische Buch and has received scholarly attention for Sadr's handling of the Austrian Culture of Remembrance as well as its connection to contemporary issues of migration. His third novel in German, Der Vogelsammler von Auschwitz (“The Bird Collector of Auschwitz,” 2009), is the final instalment of Sadr's Wahlheimat (“adopted homeland”) cycle.

Bibliography

Persian Stories of the Alley (1966; in German translation as Die Geschichte der Gasse, 1975) Stories of Weary Pigeons (1967; in German translation as Die Geschichte der müden Taube, 1990) Strike of the Moths, Part 1 (1969) Cork on the Water (1975) Strike of the Moths, Part 2 (1975-1979) As Reflected in 37 Days (1983) Easy, Dog! Easy! (1984) The Letter (1996; in German translation as Der Brief, 2007) Zabān-i dilʹafsurdagān (2007)

German Gesprächszettel an Dora (Deuticke Verlag, 1994; in Czech translation as Lístky Doře, 2000; in Persian translation as Yaddashthaii baraye Dora, 2003) Der Gedächtnissekretär (Deuticke Verlag, 2005) Der Vogelsammler von Auschwitz (Shaker Media, 2009) Der Fluch des Gemüsehändlers Mohamed Bouazizi (Picus Verlag, 2011)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hamid Sadr

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hamid Sadr claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hamid Sadr before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hamid Sadr ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hamid Sadr

In research: Hamid Sadr appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hamid Sadr in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hamid Sadr is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1946 births, 20th-century Persian-language writers, 21st-century Persian-language writers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hamid Sadr outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Hamid Sadr in simple terms?

Hamid Sadr (Persian حميد صدر; born 12 December 1946 in Tehran) is an Iranian author based in Austria. Biography Sadr published his first two-story collections, Stories of the Alley (1966) and Stories of Weary Pigeons (1967), in his early 20s.

Why does Hamid Sadr matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Hamid Sadr?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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