![]() ![]() After four years in France, he finally surrendered his scholarship and returned home in the summer of 1930 without receiving a degree. In 1927 Hedayat attempted suicide by throwing himself into the Marne but was rescued by a fishing boat. In this period he became acquainted with Thérèse, a Parisian with whom he had a love affair. ![]() There he gave up architecture in turn to pursue dentistry. There, he initially went on to study engineering in Belgium, which he abandoned after a year to study architecture in France. In 1925, he was among a select few students who traveled to Europe to continue their studies. Hedayat was educated at Collège Saint-Louis (French catholic school) and Dar ol-Fonoon (1914–1916). Another one of his sisters was the wife of Abdollah Hedayat who was also an army general. ![]() Hedayat's sister married Haj Ali Razmara who was an army general and among the prime ministers of Iran under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. His great-grandfather Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat Tabarestani was a well-respected writer and worked in the government, as did other relatives. Hedayat was born to a northern Iranian aristocratic family in Tehran. ![]()
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