Columbia University to release book on ‘Shanameh’
IBNA- ‘The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature’ is a book by Iranian scholar Hamid Dabashi is scheduled to be released by Columbia University Press in early 2019.
View ArticleMost definitive English translation of Sa’di’s ‘Golestan’ unveiled
IBNA- A new English translation of Iranian literature masterpiece ‘Golestan’ by Sa’di was unveiled yesterday at Kharazmi Hall of Shiraz University.
View ArticleCulture Minister: Story, our language for world dialogue
IBNA- At the closing ceremony of the 11th Jalal Ale-Ahmad Literary Award held in Tehran on Saturday, Culture Minister Seyyed Abbas Salehi said story writing can be Iranians’ language of dialogue...
View ArticleIranians listed in 2019 PEN America Literary Awards
IBNA- Iranian translator Sara Khalili who has translated the novel ‘Moon Brow’ by the acclaimed Iranian writer Shahriar Mandanipour from Persian into English has been listed in 2019 PEN America...
View ArticleJonasson’s acclaimed novel to be reviewed in Tehran
IBNA- the best-seller novel, ‘The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared’ by Swedish journalist and writer Jonas Jonasson will be reviewed in Tehran tomorrow.
View ArticleA new Persian translation of ‘Disquiet’ by Livaneli released
IBNA- ‘Disquiet’, the latest novel by the outstanding Turkish writer and musician Ömer Zülfü Livaneli has been translated into Persian for the fourth time and published.
View Article ‘Life, the Universe and Everything’ out in Iran
IBNA- ‘Life, the Universe and Everything’, the third book from science fiction trilogy by British writer Douglas Adams has been translated into Persian and introduced to Iranian book market.
View ArticleTurkish women’s writings in Persian to be considered
IBNA- Persian translations of books by women Turkish writers will be considered at a meeting in Tehran with a number of translators of these works in attendance.
View ArticleEgyptian publisher releases Iranian poet's work
IBNA- Arabic translation of the collected poems book ‘And Your Hands Smell of Light’ by Iranian writer and poet Mostafa Mastoor has been released by Dar al-Tanwir Publishing in Egypt.
View ArticleSvetlana Alexievich’s works to be reviewed in Tehran
IBNA- Two books by the acclaimed Russian writer Svetlana Alexievich ‘The Unwomanly Face of War’ and ‘Voices from Chernobyl’ translated into Persian will be reviewed at a meeting at Nashr-e Cheshmeh...
View ArticleIran, Azerbaijan, France cooperate on ‘Haft Paykar’ music
IBNA- Iran cooperates with Azerbaijan and France on producing a music album based on ‘Haft Paykar’, a romantic masterpiece of Persian poetry by Nezami Ganjavi.
View ArticleFirst Persian translation of Ferrante’s novel published
IBNA- ‘The Story of a New Name’, a novel by Italian writer Elena Ferrante’s book series of Neapolitan Novels has been translated into Persian and published.
View Article“A Day with Salinger” at Tehran’s Book City due
IBNA- Tehran’s Book City has organized a commemoration program “A Day with Salinger” scheduled for Tuesday to consider the work of the leading American fiction writer Jerome David Salinger...
View ArticleAmerican A.J. Finn’s first novel rendered into Persian
IBNA- ‘The Woman in the Window’ (2018), the debut novel by young American writer A.J. Finn has been rendered into Persian and is available in Iranian bookshops.
View ArticleGhassan Kanafani to be commemorated in Tehran
IBNA- A program “The Night of Ghassan Kanafani” will commemorate the late Palestinian writer in Tehran on Sunday, January 6.
View ArticleBook by leading Arab writer, Tamer released in Persian
IBNA- ‘The Thunder’, a short story collection by leading Arab writer Zakaria Tamer whose mysterious stories portray a thin line between reality and fantasy has been translated and released in...
View ArticleAncient ‘Shahnameh’ version on Worcester Museum’s display
IBNA- The exhibition, ‘Preserved Pages: Book as Art in Persia and India, 1300–1800’ currently underway at Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts is displaying leafs from the most ancient illustrated...
View ArticleNew Persian translation of ‘Faust’ to be unveiled
IBNA- The new Persian translation of ‘Faust’ by Goethe will be unveiled at a ceremony in Isfahan's Book City on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
View ArticleFaulkner’s short story collection reaches Iranian readership
IBNA- A short story collection titled ‘The County Attorney’ based on ‘Knight's Gambit’ by William Faulkner has been translated into Persian by Ahmad Okhovat and is available to Iranian readership.
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