Sadeq Hedayat Literary Awards
Sadeq Hedayat Literary Awards was initiated in 2003 in honor of the 100th birthday of the great writer of The Bind Owl and since then it has been awarded to the Best Persian Short Stories.
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Reza Sarraf Recommends
Born in 1975 in Tehran, Gholamreza Sarraf holds a BA in Dramatic Literature and an MA in Cinema from Art University of Tehran. “Out of […]
Writer Mansour Koushan Dies Aged 65
Mansour Koushan, Iranian writer and poet passed away today (February 16) in Norway at age 65 having suffered from cancer, ISNA reports. Born on 26 […]
All Faces of Forough: an Iconographic Report
79 years after her birth, an exhibition was held in Tehran in January 2014 to present the portraits of Forough made by a number of veteran and emerging artists…
Hamidreza Naeimi’s Socrates translated to French
‘Socrates’, a play by Hamidreza Naeimi, will be released in France holding Sanaz Fallah Fard’s translation, IBNA reports. It is the first artistic play of […]
The Balkh Festival
Founded by Alhoda International Cultural, Artistic and Publishing Institute, the Balkh Festival tends to expand mutual cultural interests between Iranian and Afghan thinkers and writers by commemorating and awarding outstanding figures and achievements in this regard.
Parsagon President Special Guest of Chicago University
The Persian Circle at the University of Chicago will host The Parsagon Review on February 19, 2014. During this session, Leili Adibfar, co-founder of The Parsagon Review will present the main goals and programs of the Parsagon
The Goethe Medal Winner Recommends
Born in 1947 in Damavand, Sayyed-Mahmoud Hosseinizad is a dramatist, short story writer and one of the world-known literary translators of Iran who received the […]
Bahman Farzaneh Dies Aged 75
Veteran translator of works by Gabriel Garcia Marques and other outstanding works passed away a few hours ago in Taleghani Hospital having suffered from […]
German Book Features Contemporary Iranian Illustrations
“Anarestan” is the title of an exquisite book containing selected works of contemporary Iranian illustrators that is recently published in Germany. Children’s Book Illustration […]