Book and Literature House organizes short story contest on coronavirus
IBNA- Iran's Book and Literature House Institute has organized an international fiction festival for Persian language authors titled The Story of Corona and Us with a special section for health...
View ArticleJalal Barjas wins 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
IBNA- Jordanian author and aeronautical engineer Jalal Barjas won 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his novel ‘Notebooks of the Bookseller' receiving a US$50,000 cash prize as well.
View ArticleFirst Iranology Encyclopedia in Russian to be launched
IBNA- Iranistica project, the first Iranology Encyclopedia in Russian will be launched based on a memorandum of understanding to be signed between Iranian and Russian parties today.
View Article'The Reason I Jump' an intimate, concise book on autism
IBNA- The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen‑Year‑Old' (2007) by Japanese poet Naoki Higashida an intimate, concise book on autism by an autistic author has been translated into Persian and...
View Article'The Last Collection' on fashion obsession reaches Iranian bookstores
IBNA- ‘The Last Collection: A Novel of Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel (2019) by American author Jeanne Mackin American portraying intense rivalry between iconic fashion designers Coco Chanel and...
View ArticleShort stories by eminent Japanese filmmaker Kitano published in Persian
IBNA- 'Boy' (2007), a collection of three short stories by internationally renowned film auteur Takeshi Kitano on characters in different stages of adolescence has been translated into Persian and...
View ArticleCall for Int'l Conference of Coronavirus; Poetry and Literary Fiction
IBNA- Iran's Book and Literature House Institute has issued a call for International Conference of Coronavirus; Poetry and Literary Fiction scheduled to be held as a webinar on June 10-11.
View ArticleIranian Tuti Books shortlisted for BOP 2021
IBNA- Iranian Tuti Books affiliated to Fatemi Publishing in Tehran has been shortlisted for Bologna Children’s Book Fair Prize of Best Publishers of the Year 2021, for the second consecutive year.
View ArticleJohn le Carré’s 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' rendered into Persian
IBNA- A spy novel by prominent British author John le Carré 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' (1974) which portrays the cold, brutal, treacherous espionage life during the Cold War has been translated...
View ArticleChinese winner of Iranian book award donates his prize money
IBNA- Li Ling, a Chinese scholar and winner of the 28th Iran's Book of the Year World Award donated his prize money to be spent on buying a ventilator for a hospital in Tehran suburbs.
View ArticleIran to provide Indian schools with Persian language course book
IBNA- Based on a new document of the Indian educational system to which Persian Language is added as a course, Sa'di Foundation is preparing Persian Language coursebooks for India.
View ArticleIran's National Library signs MOU with Indonesian counterpart
IBNA- The National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) and the National Library of Indonesia (Perpusnas) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Monday to expand their cooperation on...
View ArticleContemplative Hungarian novel 'The End of a Family Story' released
IBNA- Persian translation of 'The End of a Family Story' (1977) by Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist Péter Nádas which is a contemplative novel relating concentric stories from Stalinist era...
View ArticleFour books on puppet show released in Persian
IBNA- Namayesh Research, Education and Publishing Bureaue in Tehran has translated and published four books on puppet show on the occassion of the 18th Tehran Mubarak Puppet Theater Festival.
View ArticleCIDCYA to hold 23rd Int'l Storytelling Festival online
IBNA- Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (CIDCYA) in Tehran will hold the 23rd International Storytelling Festival as a virtual event sceduled for December 2021 due...
View ArticleDirector of Iran's Music Museum Ali Moradkhani passes away
IBNA- Director of Iran's Music Museum Ali Moradkhani died of COVID-19 after a moth of suffering from the disease at Khatam ul-Anbia Hospital in Tehran today. He was 63.
View ArticleTeenage novel ‘Kiss of the Spindle published in Persian
IBNA- A romantic novel for teens above 16, ‘Kiss of the Spindle [Proper Romance Steampunk] (2018) by American author Nancy Campbell Allen has been translated into Persian and published.
View Article'Her Frozen Heart', a cross-cutting narration of humane relations
IBNA- Mystery novel, 'Her Frozen Heart' (2017), a cross-cutting narration of humane relations set in the Oxfordshire countryside during the late 1940sby English author Lulu Taylor has been rendered...
View ArticleNoted Georgian Iranologist Alexander Aladashvili dies
IBNA- Prominent Georgian Iranologist, Alexander Aladashvili passed away, the cultural attaché office at Iran's Embassy in Georgia announced on Wednesday. He was 65
View Article‘Filming the Modern Middle East’ displayed at Iranian bookstores
IBNA- Persian translation of the book ‘Filming the Modern Middle East: Politics in the Cinemas of Hollywood and the Arab World’ (2006) by Lina Khatib has been published and is available at Iranian...
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