Erich Fried’s love poems marketed in Iran
A collection of Erich Fried’s love poems, translated by Ali Abdollahi, has been released in a book in Iran entitled “I just love you”.
View ArticleScottish author’s Richard Hannay novels to appear in Persian
Iranian writer and translator Shiva Moghanlo is translating a five volume collection of John Buchan’s novels which feature Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, a fictional secret agent and army officer...
View ArticleSojoodi: Forms of a Myth, a beginning for comparative literature in Iran
During the critical session on Saeed Arbab-Shirani's book 'Forms of a Myth', Farzan Sojoodi regarded the book as a beginning for more comparative research in Iran. The book considers both western and...
View ArticleMurakami’s realistic novel to hit Iranian bookshelves
A Wild Sheep Chase and Norwegian Wood, two books by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami is ready to be published in Iran. The novels were rendered into Persian by Mehdi Ghabraei who told IBNA that the...
View ArticleA book by Julia Franck in Iran
The Blindness of the Heart, a book by German writer Julia Franck, will be released in Iran. The work is rendered into Persian by Mahshid Mir Moezi.
View ArticleWorks of Tabriz Literary Festival evaluated
Secretary of Tabriz Literary Festival said that the submitted works have been screened.
View Article100 Persian poem collections to be displayed at TIBF
Hassan Zolfaghari has developed a volume consisting as many as 100 romantic Persian poetry collections which will be published next year in Iranian calendar to be presented as the 26th Tehran...
View Article“Wish I could see Márquez once more”
Gabriel García Márquez is known in Iran with his “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and its translator Bahman Farzaneh. IBNA conducted an interview with him on the occasion of Márquez’s birthday.
View ArticleMcCarthy’s trilogy to hit Iranian bookshelves
The second volume of Cormac McCarthy’s The Border Trilogy, The Crossing, which has been rendered into Persian by Kaveh Mir Abbasi will be published in Iran.
View ArticleCarmen Martín Gaite’s The Woman of Wax in Iran
"La mujer de cera" (The Woman of Wax) is a book by Spanish writer Carmen Martín Gaite which has been released in Iran with Nazanin Nozari’s translation.
View ArticleItalian writer’s memories of Bosnian War
Maurizio Maggiani’s novel “The Night Traveler” (Il viaggiatore notturno) is translated into Persian by Athmar Mousavinia. This is the first book by this writer that becomes available in Persian.
View ArticleLaureates of 5th Parvin Award announced
The winners and authors of praiseworthy works who had their works screened by the panel of judges for the 5th Parvin Etesai Award are announced.
View Article8th Fiction themed on Chekhov
The 8th Fiction monthly has been released holding writings about Anton Chekhov and short stories.
View ArticleSeason of Migration to the North reprinted
Season of Migration to the North, a novel by Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih, has been reprinted in Iran. It is translated into Persian by Mehdi Ghabraie.
View ArticleHassanzadeh’s war novel converted into Persian
Iranian translator of children’s books Shaghayegh Ghandehari has translated Farhad Hassanzadeh’s war novel into Persian. Entitled Hasti, the book bagged the Flying Turtle Award in Iran.
View ArticleKazzazi: And Nietzsche Wept
Dr Mir Jalaleddin Kazzazi suggests the reading of Irvin Yalom’s “And Nietzsche Wept” during Norouz as one of his favorite book in the last year. According to him, the story is a mixture of...
View ArticleYusefi: Teen Project Books a good choice
Mohammadreza Yusefi, renowned writer to young readers, suggested the Teen Novel Project of Hozeh Honari including the ‘philosophical stories’ and ‘the big question’ series for young readers during...
View ArticleMahdi Ghabraei: Like a Scent in Breeze, Two-Act Season
Mahdi Ghabraei suggests Ali Hodaband’s translation of Chinua Achebe’s “Everything Falls Apart” and two Iranian stories “Like a Scent in Breeze” and “Two-Act Season” for reading in Norooz.
View ArticleShah-abadi invites teens to perceive spring and feel jolly
Hamidreza Shah-abadi writer for children suggests Mohammadreza Bairami’s “Fifth Season of Silence” and Davoud Amirian’s “The Mule Keepers Battalion” as good books for Norouz reading. Yet he believes...
View ArticleKazzazi: Most Delightsome spring-songs composed in Qaznavid, Samanid Eras
Mir Jalaleddin Kazzazi, researcher and professor of Persian, believes that the most delightsome spring-songs were written during the Samanid and Qaznavid eras as their ideology was in line with spring...
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