Abolhassan Najafi Translation Award
First published: January 28, 2019 | Edit and update: March 3, 2025 Renowned Iranian writer and translator Abolhassan Najafi was born in Najaf of Iraq […]
January
Gholamhossein Sa’edi [1936 – 1985]
We Iranians who had among us Sa’edi, the physician-dramatist that taught us how to anatomize social maladies both on the stage and on the screen, […]
Ali Abdollahi: Pandemics May Cause More Empathy Between Readers, Writers
Paul Auster once called translators “the shadow heroes of literature, the often forgotten instruments that make it possible for different cultures to talk to one […]
Birth of Bahram: a memorial
On January 8, 1936, Bahram Sadeqi (Sadeghi) was born in Najaf-Abad. Son of an illiterate man who was in love with books and stories, Bahram […]
30 Jan 2015
1. Renowned translator Keikavus Jahandari dies Iranian translator Keikavus Jahandari, famous for his translations from German of works like Hermann Hesse ‘s “Steppenwolf” passed away […]
20 Jan 2015
Moshfeq Kashani Dies While Performing His Last Poem The Iranian poet Moshfeq Kashani, who is considered one of the restorers of Persian classical poetry, passed […]
10 Jan 2015
1. The New Generation of Persian Writers: Website launched January is the month of beginnings and a project that sets its beginning in January enjoys […]
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…
An Occasion for Commemorating the Composer of Shahnameh
The first day of month Bahman (January 19-21) is officially known as the birthday of Hakim Abul-Qasem Ferdawsi Tousi, born in Khorasan in a village near Tous in 940 CE.
Aref Qazvini: Poet, Lyricist, Constitutionalist
Today (January 21) is marked by the death of a highly praised Constitutionalist poet. Abolqassem Aref Qazvini (1882- 1934) was an Iranian poet, lyricist, and […]