Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, Who Wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ Dies

An Iranian author whose bestselling comic novel, “My Uncle Napoleon,” lampooned Persian culture’s self-aggrandizing and paranoid behavior as the country entered the modern era, has died.

January 14, 2022 1 min read

Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, Who Wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ Dies

An Iranian author whose bestselling comic novel, “My Uncle Napoleon,” lampooned Persian culture’s self-aggrandizing and paranoid behavior as the country entered the modern era, has died.