Savušun (also spelled Savushun, Persian: سووشون‎) is a 1969 Persian novel by Iranian female writer Simin Daneshvar.[1] It is the first novel in Persian written by a female author.[2] The story is about the life of a landowning family in Shiraz faced to the occupation of Iran during World War II.[1] Savušun has sold over five hundred thousand copies in Iran.[1]