Fereydoun Tonekaboni was born in a cultural family in
Tehran. His father was a school principal, and his mother was a teacher. After completing his education, he became a teacher of Persian language and literature. In 1961, he published his first story titled A
Man in a Cage (
fa) with a romantic tone. He then collaborated with Iranian literary publications, and his writings leaned more towards
satire. In 1969, Tonekaboni was a member of the
Writers' Association of Iran and participated in some of its sessions advocating for freedom of expression. After the
revolution and the crackdown on members and supporters of the
party, he went into hiding in 1983 and eventually fled the country. Tonekaboni faced a challenging journey and reached
West Germany, where he lived in
Cologne for several years. Fereydoun Tonekaboni gained numerous readers, especially for his political satire from the late 1960s to the end of the 1970s. Among the eighteen books he published, "Notes of the Busy City," "Dark Night Stars," and "The Sorrow of Being a Column" are more widely known. He continued his press activities abroad, publishing his writings in various newspapers or in the form of books. Tonekaboni died in
Cologne,
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 28 September 2024, at the age of 87. == Expulsion from the Iranian Writers' Association ==