14 Mar 2012 17:19 |
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| One of the juries of the 1st Resistance Book of the Year says that through evaluating the results of Sacred Defense we can reinforce confronting the soft war since the war gained victory according to the beliefs of soft power. Accordingly the field's authors should consider Iran-Iraq's war as well. |
13 Mar 2012 12:34 |
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| Reza Sarvar, translator of Jan Kott's "Shakespeare Our Contemporary" and praiseworthy winner of the 19th edition of Book of the Season said the book can transform our theater as it has affected many eminent directors of the world such as Peter Brook. |
11 Mar 2012 14:40 |
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| Javad Afhami, writer and critic, said, "So long as writing is one's second or third job, it cannot be expected to grow." |
11 Mar 2012 13:12 |
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| Kaveh Goharin, writer and editor, believes that post-revolutionary short story has grown so much that has left no room for importing literary genres. Given the glamorous works of contemporary literature it is unjust to call Iranian literary atmosphere weak, Goharin asserts. |
5 Mar 2012 12:39 |
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| Farzan Sojoodi, author and translator, said semiotics is still undefined in the academic system of Iran, whereas the presence of such a field of study would evoke dynamism in human sciences of Iran. |
3 Mar 2012 13:16 |
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| Director of the research and publication office of Dramatic Arts Center Mohammad Hussein Naser-bakht emphasized on the necessity of researching before adaptation saying:" If such texts are supposed to be released, a special research center and assembly should be established." |
29 Feb 2012 16:09 |
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| An expert and translator of philosophical works believes that the status of philosophical translations is not that bad in Iran. "I realize there are shortcomings in the field in the country but it should be judged based on the facilities at hand here," said Mohammad Zeimaran. |
28 Feb 2012 14:57 |
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| Western philosophy expert says many translators convert philosophical texts into Persian without even understanding them. "It may seem that they are unaware of their lack of knowledge, but the truth is that they are already conscious of their ignorance." |
26 Feb 2012 13:09 |
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| Iranian philosophy professor and author Inshaallah Rahmati says:" Western philosophy texts are randomly selected by Iranian translators and publishers." |
25 Feb 2012 13:42 |
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| Dr Mohammad-Taqi Rahnamai says the explorations in the Burnt City show that Iran has at least some seven thousand years of urban history and therefore Iranians do not seem to have neglected the urban landscape in the meantime. |
21 Feb 2012 13:40 |
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| During specific interview with IBNA, Iran Darroudi, veteran painter, said there was not even a single book available in the field of visual arts and painting when she used to teach at the university, but now the new generation should feel really happy for abundant books they have at hand. |
20 Feb 2012 16:55 |
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| Puneh Nedaei has recently had a volume published under the title of the Phoenix Land. The book assesses Iran-Korea cultural commonalities. |
20 Feb 2012 14:23 |
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| Author of "What Is Enlightenment? Kant vs. Foucault" said: "Enlightenment is the beating heart of western culture. And we have been subject to the western culture since the Safavid Era and are left with piles of misunderstandings about ourselves and the west due to critical discrepancy between intellectual indicators of the enlightenment and basics of our religion and traditions as well as lack of proper knowledge of the nature of western culture. |
18 Feb 2012 16:16 |
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| Managing director of "Ghazal Javan" publications believes that the main action which can be taken for introducing precious works in the world is attending International Book Fairs. |
18 Feb 2012 15:02 |
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| Javad Jazini, director of the virtual school, mentioned expansion of story writing through presentation of practical education and qualitative elevation of storytelling training as the main goals and activities of the School of Fiction. |
15 Feb 2012 15:31 |
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| Hujjat al-Islam Gholamreza Heidari, author of religious adapted books, believes that the main problem of literary and artistic adaptations of the history of Islam is the authors' fear of entering such fields. |
14 Feb 2012 16:53 |
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| The scientific supervisor of the 19-volume collection of Political Thinking of Muslim Wits said the belief in the unity of religion and politics is the biggest common point for all Muslims of the world. |
13 Feb 2012 17:40 |
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| Mehdi Haji-khodaverdi-khan, the appreciation deserving author of the Military Science section in 29th Book of the Year Book Award, about Hows of compiling the book; "Mehran during the Upheavals of Iran-Iraq War" said: with the constantly support and follow up of the Holy Defense Research and Documentation Center, first-hand documentations, were collected from different units and were used in compiling the book. |
13 Feb 2012 14:10 |
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| Khosrow Bagheri, author of 'Religious Science' said: "Religion presents a set of quasi-philosophical presuppositions. If we perceive reality by these faculties we can reach the religious science. Therefore, religious science is not attainable by merely cutting off western theories and separating Islamic and non-Islamic parts of them. |
13 Feb 2012 11:17 |
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| The poetry collection "Hush money" composed by Mehdi Sayar was introduced as the selected book in the 29th Book of the Year Award. The poet of the collection believes that, through implementing fewer crackdowns, this award can be gifted to a book which has received the necessary quorum in order to have at least an awarded book each year in the poetry and literature section. |