Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) - Archive Dialog

6 Feb 2012 15:14	Author says historical textbooks intimidate children
	Farough Safizadeh said his main goal of writing 'Ancient Knowledge for Children and Young Adults' is to reconcile them with history.

4 Feb 2012 13:19	Reviving the culture of storytelling will boost per-capita reading
	Secretary of Storytelling Mothers Festival said:" We are trying to revive the culture of storytelling through the festival. We have learned that children, who used to listen to stories in their childhood, read more books than others. Thus reviving the culture of storytelling will indirectly boost the per-capita reading.

31 Jan 2012 15:13	Scholars indifferent about calligraphy
	"Writing's aesthetic in Jameh Mosque of Isfahan" a book recently published by Mohammad Hussein Halimi is the first research work on the specific subject. The author believes that the art of calligraphy enjoys prominence among other traditional arts which indeed holds potentials for analyzing and assessment.

31 Jan 2012 13:11	A work's impact should be considered
	Dramatist and theatre professor emphasized on the necessity of adhering to religious values when it comes to adapting the history of Islam and said:" An adaptation shouldn't express history part by part. Moreover besides preserving the veiled values of a historical incident, we should think about the impressiveness of its supreme goals.

31 Jan 2012 12:49	Read Ōe only if you enjoy suffering
	Today (Jan 31) is the 77th birthday of Kenzaburō Ōe, winner of Nobel Prize for literature – whose sorrowful writings, according to Habib Gohari, would deeply affect the reader's mind.

29 Jan 2012 15:07	Hassan Bagheri: Had he just been alive!
	On the sidelines of the 29th anniversary of Major General Gholamhussein Afshordi (Hassan Bagheri), a high-ranking Sacred Defense commander said if Bagheri were still alive, "he could have provided us invaluable resources and documents about the war."

29 Jan 2012 13:00	Interview with author of Augusto Boal and Joker System
	Arman Tiran's book on Augusto Boal and Joker system is just published by Afraz Publications as the first Iranian research on this subject. Accordingly we had a short interview with the author of this volume.

29 Jan 2012 11:09	Death of Angelopoulos leaves Greek history unfinished
	Few days after Angelopoulos's death, Mehran Behrouz-Faghani said he is translating a trilogy on the life and works of the Greek director.

28 Jan 2012 11:17	Thematic approach to philosophy shows lack of analytical philosophy background
	According to Dadbeh, no comprehensive and clear history of analytical philosophy has ever been written in Islamic countries. Rather than implying Iranian writers' negligence, it shows that our philosophers have taken thematic approach to philosophy instead of the analytical.

27 Jan 2012 23:32	This year more than 7,000 stories told for children
	On the occasion of the 15th Storytelling Festival, managing director of Institute of Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) said that this year more than 7,000 stories were told for children and young adults.

25 Jan 2012 14:02	New critique on Virginia Woolf's life, works
	Today (January 25, 2012) is Adeline Virginia Woolf's 130th birthday anniversary. A book has been recently written about her life and personality in Iran by Mahshid Mir-Mo'ezi. The work will presently be published by Negah publication center.

25 Jan 2012 12:59	A double-edged knife called historical novel
	Rahim Shabaneh, researcher says reading some historical novels can be beneficial and attract individual's attention to history, yet they can be harmful as well and may damage the ability to perceive historical reality.

21 Jan 2012 16:26	2nd Print Quality Management Conference to be held during July 2012
	Secretary of the 2nd Conference on Print Quality Management said the conference is aimed at formulation of methods for countering print industry challenges, making use of experiences of print industry scholars, and identifying quality augmentation methods for the industry.

18 Jan 2012 13:42	"Islamic-Iranian philosophers' thought can shape DNA of our civilization"
	Seyyed Gholamreza Eslami, professor of architecture at the University of Tehran, said by applying Islamic-Iranian philosophers' thought in architecture, we can reconstruct the DNA of our civilization otherwise a catastrophe will take place.

18 Jan 2012 12:49	Philosophy an essential part of oriental life: Zekrgu
	Amir-Hossein Zekrgu, art researcher and member of Iranian Academy of Arts regarded philosophy as a fundamental trend in the lives of eastern people and an essential part of oriental life and added: Life, death, marriage and many other issues of eastern life were tied with philosophy.

15 Jan 2012 14:13	"New topics introduced for science-fiction literature"
	Author and translator of science-fiction and fantasy works has written a book named "An account on science fiction literature and thoughts". He said:" Iran hardly considers the field of science-fiction. My book holds several topics while each of them can be assessed in several books."

14 Jan 2012 17:02	Murakami not a favorite writer in Japan as in the west: Zakeri
	Ghodratollah Zakeri, translator of Murakami's works from original Japanese, believes that he is not a favorite writer among Japanese readers.

9 Jan 2012 12:19	Fakhr-zadeh: " Revolution's oral history completed with memories"
	Manager of the oral history department of Islamic Revolution's literature office said:" Information which is gathered as memories resembles pieces which will finally present a complete picture of the Islamic Revolution. If the matter is considered more seriously, a complete picture of the Revolution's oral history will be gained."

8 Jan 2012 16:35	"History novels far from reality"
	Talking about history novels, senior expert of the world's history Khadigeh Masoumi said:" If history novels are the results of the author's imagination in a tragic or romantic framework and if they far from reality they will be only presented for sale."

8 Jan 2012 15:46	"I was the narrator of Iranian's medical science in ancient and historical texts"
	Author of the 4 volume collection "The history of science in Iran" says Iranians had perfect medical knowledge and information. The ancient texts which have been left behind indicate that medicine enjoyed great significance while the physicians had a special place.

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