'Wrong Place Wrong Time' available at Iranian bookstores
IBNA- Thriller novel ‘Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Reese's Book Club Pick’ (2022) by New York Times bestselling author Gillian McAllister has been published in Persian and is available at Iranian bookstores.
View ArticleAugust Strindberg' 'Stronger” on stage at Tehran’s playhouse
IBNA- The play “Stronger” written by Johan August Strindberg and directed by Mahsa Ganji has been staged at Da Theater Hall in Tehran.
View ArticleGerman photographer's book 'Hitler was My Friend' published in Persian
IBNA- Biography book 'Hitler was My Friend' (originally published in 1955) by Heinrich Hoffmann (1885-1957), the official photographer of Adolph Hitler has been published in Persian and is sold at...
View ArticleNew Persian translation of 'The Old Man and The Sea' released
IBNA- The acclaimed novella 'The Old Man and The Sea'(1952) by leading American author Ernest Hemingway which won both Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Nobel Prize in Literature has been translated again...
View ArticleBeckett’s 'Waiting for Godot' staged on Tehran's City Theater
IBNA- A loose adaptation of Irish novelist and theater director Samuel Beckett’s 1953 play “Waiting for Godot” is on stage at Charsu Hall of Tehran's City Theater Complex.
View Article'Living Theatre: A History of Theatre' staged at Iranian Bookstores
IBNA- Drama book 'Living Theatre: A History of Theatre' (2003) by American scholars Edwin Wilson and Alvin Goldfarb has been published in Persian and is available at Iranian bookstores.
View ArticleAbsurdist playwright's 'Chamber Music' on stage in Tehran
IBNA- 'Chamber Music' a 1962 one-act play by American absurdist playwright Arthur Kopit is on stage at Mehregan Theater in Tehran.
View ArticleNational Day of Rumi, greatest mystical poet celebrated in Iran
IBNA- September 30 (Mehr 8 in the Iranian calendar) is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi who is known to everyone.
View ArticleGorgan hosting Int'l Ritual and Traditional Theater Festival
IBNA- The 21st edition of the International Ritual and Traditional Theater Festival is currently underway in the northern city of Gorgan, Golestan province of Iran.
View ArticleAcclaimed French play ‘The Father’ to be staged in Tehran
IBNA- An acclaimed psychological play ‘The Father’ (French: Le Père, 2012) by the gifted playwright and director Florian Zeller is scheduled to be staged in the City Theater of Tehran from Monday,...
View ArticleTehran exhibit, "Love of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)" underway
IBNA- A collection of calligraphy and calligraphic painting works as well as portraits of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is on display in an exhibition at Sa'dabad Cultural-Historical Complex in northern...
View ArticleTehran instructor wins Russia’s Teacher of the Year title
IBNA- Oleg Igorevich Yankovsky, a Russian language and literature teacher who teaches at the school of the Russian Embassy in Tehran, has won the title of Russia’s Teacher of the Year.
View ArticleIranian actor and playwright Atila Pesiani passes away
IBNA- Veteran Iranian actor of theater, cinema and TV as well as a playwright Atila Pesiani who suffered from cancer during the last years, died in Paris yesterday, He was 66.
View ArticleHafez section opened at National Museum of Tajikistan
IBNA- Concurrent with the State Language Day in Tajikistan, October 5, the National Museum of Tajikistan in Dushanbe opened a new section dedicated to the works of the legendary Persian poet Hafez.
View Article'Medea' to be staged at Tehran's Neauphle-le-Chateau Theater
IBNA- An ancient Greek tragedy 'Medea' by Euripides will be staged as a loose adaptation at Neauphle-le-Chateau Theater in Tehran in October.
View ArticleStimulating stuff 'How Fiction Works' published in Persian
IBNA- Language arts & disciplines book 'How Fiction Works' (2008) by American scholar James Wood who examines the minutiae of character, narrative, and style in a range of fictional works has been...
View ArticlePersian literature professor Rashed Mohassel passes away
IBNA- Iranian professor of Persian language and literature, author and researcher Mohammad-Reza Rashed Mohassel passed away in the city of Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province today. He was 87.
View ArticleGraphic novel 'Palestine' creates bold perspectives within its medium
IBNA- With an introduction by Edward Said, non-fiction graphic novel 'Palestine' written and drawn by Joe Sacco is about his experiences in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in December 1991 and January...
View ArticlePeking University commemorates legendary Iranian poet Hafez
IBNA- On the occasion of Hafez Commemoration Day, October 12, a session was held at the School of Foreign Languages, Peking University in China on Thursday.
View ArticleLeading Iranian director, screenwriter Mehrjui and his wife murdered
IBNA- One of the most prominent Iranian film directors and screenwriters Dariush Mehrjui was brutally murdered along with his screenwriter wife Vahideh Mohammadi-Fard in their villa house in the city...
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