Unveiling ceremony of oral history books held

According to Iran’s Book News Agency (IBNA), the meeting of unveiling the oral history collection books of Saless Publications about Simin Behbahani and Javand Mojabi was held on January 22, 2015. In the meeting, Javad Mojabi, Enayat Samiee, Mohammad Hosseini, Mohammad Hashem Akbariani Ali Shoruqi, Nastin Javadi, Ali Behbahani and Hossein Behbahani delivered speeches. About Javad Mojabi’s book, Mohammad Hosseini an official in Saless Publications said, “Javad Mojabi’s book were involved in getting the permission for publication for some seven years until finally it was released with the least damage. Decades of Mojabi’s continuous cultural work and writing in different fields ranging from poems and novels to painting and active journalism is not hidden from anyone. Mojabi is the person who has written part of the brightest novels of the recent decades.”

Book considers literature and revolution from Asia to America

IBNA- The Persian translation of ‘Literature and Revolution: A Critical Study of the Writer and Communism in the Twentieth Century’ by Jürgen Rühle has been released in the Iranian book market. According to IBNA correspondent, ‘Literature and Revolution: A Critical Study of the Writer and Communism in the Twentieth Century’ which has been translated into Persian by Ali Asghar Haddad studies the impact of a revolutionary movements on literature and the influence they had on the prominent authors and thinkers throughout the world. Romain Rolland, Jean Paul Sartre, Ignazio Silone, Federico Garcia Lorca, John Steinbeck, Robindranat Tagore and Andre Gide are among those writers and thinkers whose works have been observed by Jürgen Rühle.

Golzar Ragheb’s ‘Kriskan Evenings’ will soon be published

26 Jan 2015 - 23:36IBNA- Kianoush Golzar Ragheb, writer of the book ‘Kriskan Evenings’ says: “This is one of the most unique books dealing with the memories of the Sacred Defense, as its narrator is someone who was both arrested by SAVAK and Komalah.” According to IBNA correspondent, quoting from www.hhnews.ir Golzar Ragheb said: “Amir Saeedzadeh, the narrator of the book, is one of the most unique characters serving during the Sacred Defense period as he was not attached to any particular organization and worked independently.” Golzar Ragheb continues that Saeedzadeh was arrested by SAVAK (National Iranian Intelligence and Security Organization of the second Pahlavi regime which was responsible for arrest and torture of opposition activists, censorship of the press, books and films) before the Iranian Revolution but managed to flee from danger.

“Sacred Defense” writer to give lecture in Moscow

IBNA- Invited by Moscow Islamic Studies Foundation, the Iranian author of the “Sacred Defense” literature Mohammad Reza Bairami, will head to Russia’s capital to give lectures on literature in the scientific-cultural centers. According to IBNA correspondent, Bairami will make speeches in Maxim Gorky Literarature Institute, the foreign language institutes of state universities in Moscow, Biblio-Globus Book Store in Moscow, Belie Oblaka Cultural Center and Malagardia Guardia Book House where he will answer the questions of book readers and will also visit the Russian literary critics. The historical novel ‘The Dead of the Green Garden’ by Bairami is the second Iranian bestseller, published by The Russian Islamic Studies Foundation. The novel elaborates on the Iranian contemporary literature and culture.

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