Starship Troopers hits Persian book market
The novel “Starship Troopers” penned by Robert Anson Heinlein is translated to Persian by Peyman Esmailian. Strange war scenes against cruel enemies, weapons and their future make the main topics of...
View ArticleSophisticated Translator Remorseful of His Choice
Mahdi Ghabraei, translator of Khaled Hosseini’s “And the Mountains Echoed” says retranslations would not affect sales rates of his book, however, he should think twice before choosing a book for...
View ArticleCall for Works for 8th Fajr Poetry Festival to be Issued
The secretariat of the 8th International Fajr Poetry Festival will issue in Iran by next week.
View ArticleReferees of Short Story Festival Appointed
The panel of judges of the Fehrest Festival of Short Stories has been designated and its members are announced.
View ArticleAdiga’s ‘White Tiger’ to be Assessed in Saveh
‘The White Tiger: A Novel’ by Aravind Adiga will be closely examined in a session arranged on Friday in the city of Saveh, Semnan, Iran in the presence of the work’s Persian translator and a number of...
View ArticleShabaviz to Present Titles by Asre-Dastan in Germany’s Stiftung Buchkunst
Shabaviz Publications will submit 6 titles published by Asre-Dastan for the Best Book Design awards arranged by Germany’s Stiftung Buchkunst (Foundation for Book Art).
View ArticleDavid Baldacci's Acclaimed Novel Translated to Persian
Shaghayegh Ghandehari translates a novel by David Baldacci entitled 'One Summer'. According to her, fate is the dominant theme of this novel.
View ArticleConference Calls For Papers on Mohammad Ghazi, Ebrahim Yunesi
A national conference themed on 'A Survey of the Works of Iranian Kurd Translators' will be held early March in Sanandaj, featuring Mohammad Ghazi and Ebrahim Yunesi.
View ArticlePejman, Platero and Me in Tehran
'Platero and Me' (Platero Y Yo) containing Spanish poems of Nobel Prize winner Juan Ramon Jimenez is translated to Persian by Abbas Pejman. The book had been translated about ten years ago based on...
View ArticleSession to Examine ‘Suite française’ in Tehran
A session is slated to be held on Tuesday, December 24, 2013, at the Book City Institute in Tehran in assessment of Irène Némirovsky’s ‘Suite française’.
View ArticleWinner of Goethe Medal to Unveil Meysam Kiani’s ‘U-Turn’
A ceremony will be held on Friday to unveil the latest story collection by Meysam Kiani entitled as the ‘U-Turn’.
View Article‘The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich’ in Iran
Nikolai Gogol’s ‘The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich’, translated by Babak Shahab, has been released in Iran.
View ArticleMark Twain’s Story Collection to Hit Iranian Bookshelves
A collection of short stories by noted American writer Mark Twain, translated into Persian by Ali Masoudi Nia, will be marketed in Iran.
View ArticleMilan Kundera’s ‘Encounter’ Reviews Literature, Music, Art
‘Encounter’ is a collection of Milan Kundera’s essays on literature, arts and moralities which has been marketed in Iran.
View Article‘The Midwife's Confession’ Available for Iranians
‘The Midwife's Confession’ is a book written by American author Diane Chamberlain which is published in Iran.
View Article‘Fat Man in History’ to be Unveiled in Iran
The new book of Australian novelist Peter Carey, ‘Fat Man in History’, will be unveiled in Iran next week. The ceremony will be attended by the book’s translator Emili Amraei, Amir Hussein Khorshid...
View ArticleShort Stories of Thomas Bernhard Hit Iranian Bookshelves
‘An der Baumgrenze: Erzahlungen’ (At the Treeline: Stories), by Austrian novelist Thomas Bernhard has been released in Iran holding Khadije Kazem Alilou’s translation.
View ArticleEgloff’s Black Humor Hits Bookshelves
‘Ce que je fais là assis par terre’, a book by French writer Joël Egloff which is translated into Persian by Mogah Razani, has been released in Iran.
View ArticleTranslator of ‘Roots’ Passes Away
Noted Iranian journalist and translator, who converted Alex Haley’s ‘Roots: the Saga of an American Family’, Alireza Farahmand passed away on Saturday.
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