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4 Feb 2012 15:54 |
| A collection of short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez titled as 'The Dead Birds' are converted into Persian by Habib Gohari Rad. |
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4 Feb 2012 15:41 |
| A new book of poems by Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska, who died at the age of 88, will be published in 2012. |
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4 Feb 2012 15:23 |
| A Chinese translation of the holy Quran will be unveiled in a ceremony slated for tomorrow at Oghaf and Charity Affairs organization. |
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4 Feb 2012 11:28 |
| Blue Peter has today, Thursday 2 February (5.45pm, CBBC), commenced its search to find the best children's book of the last decade, with the launch of an online vote in which its young viewers will be able to choose from a shortlist of 10 iconic titles. |
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4 Feb 2012 10:29 |
| Translated into Persian by Farzad Farbod, "Call for the Dead" a novel by John le Carré's has been marketed in Iran. |
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28 Jan 2012 16:50 |
| As the underworld steadily increases its grip on literary culture, City University in London is turning to crime, with the launch of an MA devoted to teaching crime fiction and thriller writing. |
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28 Jan 2012 15:48 |
| Noble cultures are considered golden links among nations; nations who may speak in different languages and praise different sects. Lands which were allied in far and near times and though they separated, but have preserved many of their ancient valuable cultural heritage and it is not strange when you walk in one of these lands or page their cultural and art works or understand the language of their poems and thoughts, you become so ecstatic as if you have reviewed your own land's ... |
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28 Jan 2012 12:11 |
| "Manuscripts Don't Burn" a book holding Mikhail Bulgakov's daily notes and letters has been released in Iran. The work was rendered into Persian by Bijan Ashtari. |
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28 Jan 2012 11:51 |
| Four months after Jobs' demise, Iranian publishers race to print his biography. So far, 9 Persian renditions of his biography by Walter Isaacson have been submitted for publication in the Iranian market. |
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27 Jan 2012 12:28 |
| List of authors to turn down OBEs, CBEs and knighthoods also includes Aldous Huxley, Robert Graves and Evelyn Waugh |
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26 Jan 2012 16:00 |
| British publisher Peter McGee, of London-based publishing house Albertas Press, has apparently backed down from his vow to publish excerpts from Adolf Hitler‘s book Mein Kampf (see the earlier MobyLives report) after a German court ruled to do so would be in violation of copyright. |
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24 Jan 2012 13:10 |
| Philosophy Book of the Month journal is arranging a series of sessions in assessment of the works by western philosophers like Rorty, Schopenhauer and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. |
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24 Jan 2012 12:58 |
| Jack Gantos' "Dead End in Norvelt" has won the John Newbery Medal for the best children's book of 2011. Chris Raschka's "A Ball for Daisy" won the Randolph Caldecott award for best illustrated story. |
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23 Jan 2012 13:20 |
| Having been appealing for several generations of Iranian children, Uninvited Guests by Farideh Farjam is to be enjoyed by Korean children. |
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21 Jan 2012 16:11 |
| An eclectic mix of writers, musicians, philosophers and political leaders will come together to think and talk at this month's Hay Festival Cartagena. |
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21 Jan 2012 15:40 |
| The Bond book is one of a large variety of rare second-hand books A rare James Bond novel will go on sale at the Oxford Book Fair on Saturday. |
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21 Jan 2012 13:33 |
| A rare first edition of the John James Audubon book "The Birds of America," featuring more than 1,000 exquisite drawings by the great naturalist, sold for $7.9 million Friday at auction in New York. |
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21 Jan 2012 12:57 |
| A session was held in the House of Literary in which Kamran Fani said: "Before Corbin's death, a perfect translation of his works weren’t released. However the condition improved following the Islamic Revolution and more of his books were translated but still many of his noted works weren’t converted into Persian." |
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20 Jan 2012 16:13 |
| 'The New Lion Handbook: The World's Religions' is an encyclopedia encompassing various religions of the world edited by Christopher Partridge. The book is converted into Persian by Abdolali Barati and will be released in the coming month. |
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19 Jan 2012 13:41 |
| In the unveiling ceremony of an exquisite Quranic manuscript, manager of Ezam Honar Cultural Institute lauded Iranians as the greatest Islamic nation to serve Quranic sciences more than any other nation. |