Abbas Kiarostami – PARSAGON

Seven Poems by Abbas Kiarostami

July 29, 2016 parsagon 0

Postmortem Taste of Cherry: Abbas Kiarostami Deceased

July 14, 2016 Farzaneh Doosti 0

Abbas Kiarostami, the award-winning Iranian director whose 1997 film Taste of Cherry was awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival, died aged 76, following […]

Men at Work: Cinematic Lessons from Abbas Kiarostami

December 1, 2013 parsagon 0

Mahmoud-Reza Sani, a name that we will be hearing more in the future, has been a student of Kiarostami during a European workshop. Now comes […]

Oh Mortal Month of May!

In the midst of the Covid19 pandemic, May 2021 is marked by a huge cultural loss, as regrettably seven eminent and irreplaceable figures of culture, arts and literature of Iran passed away during this month
Mansour Owji [1937-2021]

BIO BRIEF Mansour Owji (November 30, 1937 – May 8, 2021) was a contemporary Iranian poet and writer. He was born in the Darb-e-Astane Seyyed […]
Mohammad Qazvini [1877-1949]

Qazvini, Mohammad (Tehran, 30th March 1877 – 27th May 1949) [10th Farvardin 1256 – 6th Khordad 1328]. A pioneer in the field of literary and […]
Fariba Vafi nominated for LiBeratur Prize

Iranian author Fariba Vafi has been nominated for the LiBeratur Prize, a literary honor that is presented by the Litprom Association in Frankfurt. She received […]
May 2016

1. Painter Parviz Kalantari dies at 85 The diligent artist and illustrator Parviz Kalantari, famous for his indigenous drawings of Iranian nomadic life passed away […]
May 2015 Roundup

I. The 28th Tehran Int’l Book Fair Held Tehran International Book Fair is annually held in May as a social and cultural phenomenon with book […]
Badiozzaman Forouzanfar Award

Professor Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (originally named Mohammad-Hassan Boshruyei) was born on 12 July 1904 in Boshruyeh of Ferdows County and passed away on May 6, 1970. His […]
Reza Amirkhani [b. 1973]

BIO BRIEF Born in Tehran a few years before the Islamic Revolution, Reza Amirkhani is a true representative of the Revolution Generation, or as they […]

Oh Mortal Month of May!

Mansour Owji [1937-2021]

Mohammad Qazvini [1877-1949]

Fariba Vafi nominated for LiBeratur Prize

May 2016

May 2015 Roundup

Badiozzaman Forouzanfar Award

Reza Amirkhani [b. 1973]