Kioumars Saberi Foumani
Iranian satirist, writer, and teacher (1941-2004)
Kioumars Saberi Foumani (August 29, 1941 – April 30, 2004) (Persian: کیومرث صابری فومنی) also known with his pen name Gol-Agha (Persian: گل آقا), was an Iranian satirist, writer, and teacher.
Education and personal life
Saberi was born during the Second World War in Sowme'eh Sara
(Persian: صومعه سرا), a city in Gilan Province. His father, originally from Rasht, worked for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance. He was transferred to Sowme'eh Sara in 1938 and then to Fuman in 1942 where he died a few months later.
His mother, who was the daughter of a respected cleric and one of the few educated women in the city, taught the Quran after the death of her husband. His brother, who was 14 years older, had to leave school at the age of 15 to work to help with the family expenses.
Education for Saberi was hard because of his family's poverty and he had to start working in a tailor shop after finishing his elementary education. He also worked in his brother's bicycle repair shop during elementary school and high school.
He started high school education at his mother's insistence. At the age of 16, he gained entry to Sari's Agriculture teacher's college (Persian: دانشسراي كشاورزي ساري) that only accepted one student from Fuman each year.
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