poems by Ahmad Shamlou, Forough Farrokhzad, and Mehdi Akhavan-Sales. Publications Apart from children's stories, he wrote many pedagogical essays and collected and published several samples of oral Azerbaijani literature. His folklore studies have usually been done with the help of his colleague Behrooz Dehghani, who helped publish some of Behrangi's works after his early death. Behrangi also has a few Azerbaijani language translations of Persian poems by Ahmad Shamlou, Forough Farrokhzad, and Mehdi Akhavan-Sales. List of publications The Complete Stories of Behrang, publishers, Persian Culture & Art Institute, Vancouver and Zagros Publications, Montreal, Canada Death Behrangi drowned on August 31, 1968 in the Aras river and his death was blamed on the Pahlavi government. It is believed that an army officer, Hamzeh Farahati, was seen with him when he drowned. Farahati in his book and in an interview with VOA has unequivocally claimed that Samad drowned and was not killed by SAVAK. He was buried in the Imamieh cemetery (or Emamiyyeh cemetery; Farsi:قبرستان امامیه) in the Imamieh neighborhood of Tabriz. See also Imamieh Tabriz References Further reading Milani, Abbas. "Samad Behrangi," in Eminent Persians, Vol. 2. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 2008, pp. 838–842 Preface and backcover text from Samad Behrangi, Talkhoon va Chand Ghesse-ye Digar (Talkhoon and other stories), Behrangi Publishings, Tabriz, 1998, . Tahbaz, Sirous, Samad Behrangi va Mahi-e Koochooloo-ye Daanaa (Samad Behrangi and the Wise Little Fish). External links Samad's Stories in English Samad Stories: The Little Black Fish Samad Stories: 24 Restless Hours Samad Stories: The Little Sugar Beet Vendor Samad Stories: The Tale of Love Samad Stories: Talkhun Samad Stories: In Search of Faith Samad's life and the stories Azerbaijani-language writers Iranian children's writers Iranian essayists People from Tabriz 1939 births 1968 deaths Deaths by drowning University of Tabriz alumni Poets from Tabriz 20th-century essayists Translators of Forough Farrokhzad 20th-century translators Iranian schoolteachers