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Croats read Imam Khomeini
19 Jan 2012 12:22
Book of Advices including Imam Khomeini's sayings on political, social, behavioral and religious matters has been published in Croatian.
Poet John Burnside wins T.S. Eliot Prize
18 Jan 2012 14:22
Scottish writer John Burnside on Monday won the 2011 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, overshadowed this year by the withdrawal of two nominees over a sponsorship deal with an investment company
Germany Joins World Book Night 2012
18 Jan 2012 13:21
World Book Night has announced that Germany is the second international partner alongside the United States to stage a national one million book giveaway for adults on April 23rd, the Unesco International Day of the Book.
Murakami not a favorite writer in Japan as in the west: Zakeri
14 Jan 2012 17:02
Ghodratollah Zakeri, translator of Murakami's works from original Japanese, believes that he is not a favorite writer among Japanese readers.
Three Days of Rain in Tehran
14 Jan 2012 14:45
Shameem Hedayati converted Richard Greenberg's "Three Days of Rain" into Persian. The play has six characters and is written in two acts.
Islam links Sudan, Iran
12 Jan 2012 11:58
Islam is the cause of Iran-Sudan relations, said research deputy of Islamic Culture and Relations organization.
The Grotesque in Art and Literature
11 Jan 2012 16:46
James Luther Adams and Wilson Yates's "The Grotesque in Art and Literature" is converted into Persian by Atousa Rasti. The work centers on literature, visual arts, religion and the future and how they are related with the grotesque.
Lebanese artists to portray Bearer of Water and Manner
11 Jan 2012 16:03
Next week, an illustration workshop will be held in Lebanon in the presence of the country's top artists.
Read Murakami
11 Jan 2012 15:17
Four short stories of Murakami's "Mysteries of Tokyo" are converted from original Japanese into Persian by Ghodratollah Zakeri. This is the first time Murakami's works are directly translated from Japanese to Persian.
New book looks at
11 Jan 2012 13:31
Andrew Marr interviewed dozens of people inside and outside of Buckingham Palace to write a new book that tells the tales of Queen Elizabeth II, the long-time monarch of the United Kingdom — and her intensely private ways.
11 Jan 2012 12:50
Leila Baneshi announced the completion of a book entitled "God in Shahid Motahari's Thought" containing complete essays of Shahid Motahari on theology and monotheism.
Muslim group in India asks government to bar author Salman Rushdie from literary festival
11 Jan 2012 12:38
Prominent Muslim clerics in India are asking the government to bar author Salman Rushdie from visiting the country to attend a literary festival because of his 1988 book “The Satanic Verses,” which they consider blasphemy.
Head of Iran
11 Jan 2012 12:26
Today, head of the National Library and Archives Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran will travel to Tanzania to visit the country's library and archives centers and sign agreements.
Chinese Writers Sue Apple for Copyright Violations
9 Jan 2012 16:00
A high-profile group of Chinese writers is suing Apple for 12 million yuan in compensation, for pirated e-books sold in the company's online store
Iran, Tanzania sign cultural MOU
8 Jan 2012 13:45
A meeting was held between culture ministers of Iran and Tanzania to sign cultural agreements. The two sides agreed to support each other's cultural festivals, international book fairs and other cultural as well as arts activities.
Hemingway Letters On View at Hollings Library
7 Jan 2012 16:54
The exhibit now on display at USC’s Hollings Special Collections Library is interesting and strong and good, and offers a rare glimpse of a literary icon as seen through his own papers and extensive correspondence, which is also interesting and strong and good.
JRR Tolkien
7 Jan 2012 16:48
The Lord of the Rings might have spawned a thousand pallid imitations, been crowned the UK's best-loved book and sold millions of copies around the world, but according to newly declassified documents, it was damned by the Nobel prize jury on the grounds of JRR Tolkien's second-rate prose.
Book portrays Michelle Obama’s evolution from struggle to fulfillment
7 Jan 2012 14:53
First lady Michelle Obama is a behind-the-scenes force in the White House whose opinions on policy and politics drew her into conflict with presidential advisers and who bristled at some of the demands and constraints of life as the president’s wife, according to a detailed account of the first couple’s relationship.
Book containing interviews with Kim Jong Il
7 Jan 2012 14:26
Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of Kim Jong Il, provides his own frank account of the late North Korean supreme leader, including his father's reluctance to let any of his sons take power, in a book to hit stores on Jan. 20, an editor in charge at publisher Bungei Shunju Co. said Friday.
Bolaño
6 Jan 2012 14:23
Puneh Misaghi has recently rendered Roberto Bolaño's bestseller Monsieur Pain into Persian.
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