‘No Friend But The Mountains’, to be adapted into a film
IBNA- Kurdish Iranian writer Behrouz Boochani’s book ‘No Friend But The Mountains’ will be made into a feature film with production to begin in Australia in mid-2021.
View Article‘Stanislavsky on the Art of the Stage’ released
IBNA- The Persian translation of the book, ‘Stanislavsky on the Art of the Stage’, Volume 1 (1961) by seminal Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavsky has been published.
View ArticleIranology and Persian language students in Ethiopia praised
IBNA- The closing ceremony of the 16th course of Iranology and Persian language was held in the Hall of Iran's Cultural Attaché to Ethiopia and the graduates were praised.
View ArticleBook of poetry by Parvin E'tesami published in French
IBNA- Book of poetry by Parvin E'tesami has been rendered into French by Iranian translator Jalal Alavinia and published in France.
View ArticlePersian translation of ‘No Exit’ describing Sartre’s ideas published
IBNA- The play, ‘No Exit’ by leading French philosopher, author and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre which describes his existentialist ideas has been translated into Persian and published.
View Article'Writings of Marcel Duchamp' unfolds ideas of leading French-American artist
IBNA- ‘Salt Seller: The Writings of Marcel Duchamp’ edited by Michel Sanouillet and Elmer Peterson which unfolds the ideas of leading French-American avant-garde artist has been published in Persian.
View Article'How I Made A Hundred Movies' published in Persian
IBNA- A biographical book, 'How I Made A Hundred Movies In Hollywood And Never Lost A Dime' by noted American director Roger Corman and Jim Jerome has been published in Persian.
View ArticleUzbek scholar of Persian language passes away
IBNA- Golchehreh Azamava, an Uzbek scholar of Persian language and literature, professor of Tashkent University and author of books on teaching Persian passed away on April 21. She was 68.
View ArticleJames Baldwin’s magnum opus reaches Iran
IBNA- ‘Go Tell It On The Mountain’ the magnum opus of American novelist, playwright, essayist and poet James Baldwin which bears a foreword by Toni Morrison has been translated into Persian and...
View ArticleIranian-American writer describes lockdown experience
IBNA- Ottessa Moshfegh, an Iranian-American writer whose debut novel, Eileen (2015), won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award described in a note her experience of coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
View ArticleAcclaimed Iranian translator and writer Najaf Daryabandari passes away
IBNA- Najaf Daryabandari, an eminent Iranian translator of works by several literary giants, and author passed away of old age in Tehran yesterday. He was 91.
View Article‘The Memory Police’ influenced by ‘1984’ and ‘Fahrenheit 451’
IBNA- The science fiction dystopian Japanese novel ‘The Memory Police’ by Yōko Ogawa which is deeply influenced by the great works of this genre including ‘1984’ and ‘Fahrenheit 451’ has been...
View ArticleOsamu Dazai’s ‘No Longer Human’ rendered into Persian
IBNA- ‘No Longer Human’ (1948) by Osamu Dazai which features key themes of the leading Japanese writer such as alienation and thoughts of suicide has been translated into Persian and published.
View ArticlePenguin publishes selected works by Iranian poet
IBNA- ‘Lean against This Late Hour’, a selected of works by the young Iranian poet Garous Abdol-Malekian has been translated into English and published by Penguin Books.
View Article‘Last Island’ of prominent Turkish author emerges
IBNA- The novel ‘Last Island’ by the prominent Turkish author, musician and filmmaker Ömer Zülfü Livaneli has been translated and published in Persian.
View ArticleZülfü Livaneli’s ‘My Brother's Story’ rendered into Persian
IBNA- ‘My Brother's Story’ (2013) by noted Turkish musician, writer and filmmaker Zülfü Livaneli has been translated into Persian and published.
View ArticleChair named after poet Darvish at Brown University
IBNA- A major Ivy League university, Rhode Island’s Brown University in the US has established a chair named after noted Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darvish devoted to Palestinians studies.
View Article"One Week with Chekhov" to be held online
IBNA- Tehran's Book City Institute and Russkiy Mir Foundation in Russia have organized the online program "One Week with Chekhov" on the occasion of the 160th birthday anniversary of leading Russian...
View ArticleFereshteh Award, Afghanistan House of Literature sign MOU
IBNA- Secretariat of the 6 edition of Iranian Fereshteh Award signed a memorandum of understanding with Afghanistan’s House of Literature to launch cooperation between the two centers.
View Article‘Yevtushenko: A Precocious Autobiography’ released
IBNA- An enchanting book by leading Soviet-Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, ‘Yevtushenko: A Precocious Autobiography’ (1963) has been translated into Persian and released.
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