Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) - Archive Dialog

20 May 2013 17:04	‘Matla' ul-I'tiqad’ from Leningrad to Tehran
	The editor of Matla' ul-I'tiqad (The Birth of Faith) says that only a copy of the book was kept at Leningrad library and till some 100 years ago no one knew about it, until Berthels found the book.

10 May 2013 14:18	Swiss writer Ursula Priess visits TIBF
	Ursula Priess, daughter of Max Rudolf Frisch who is visiting Tehran International Book Fair to attend the unveiling ceremony of her book “Falling into One’s Own Mirrors” said the book is an account of my relationship with my father who happens to be a world-known father. I could not see him as he was always traveling and that made me angry and lonely.

8 May 2013 14:04	TIBF special cultural event in world: UNICEF representative in Iran
	Mohamed El Munir Safieldin, representative of the UNICEF in Iran, said the Tehran International Book Fair is a very special event not only for Iran, but for the world as well so far as books are concerned.

30 Apr 2013 15:27	Expert: Forged docs never change Persian Gulf’s title
	April 30 is marked as the national day of Persian Gulf in the Iranian calendar. A whole lot has been done to change the name by publication of fake maps and documents but, as Mohammad Reza Sahab, cartographer says, all are doomed to failure.

28 Apr 2013 16:03	Marzban an intrepid translator of art books
	Jahangir Shahdadi, contemporary painter and author of The Aesthetics of Iranian Arts regarded late Parviz Marzban as an intrepid translator who embarked on the hard task of translating art sources for Iranian students at a time when art translators were a rarity in Iran.

15 Apr 2013 17:43	Documents in need of publications at Iran’s Foreign Ministry
	Mohammad Bagher Nik-khah Bahrami, Sacred Defense researcher, asserted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran possesses invaluable uncategorized documents about the Sacred Defense which are yet to be released as books.

5 Apr 2013 15:05	Alvandi suggests old tales rewritings during Norouz
	Ezzatollah Alvandi, poet and writer for children and young adults, suggests children to spend their Norouz vacation on reading rewritings of old texts. ‘Kelila and Demena’ rewritten by Mozhgan Sheikhi, ‘Qabousnama’ rewritten by Majid Mollamohammadi, ‘Masnavi Manavi’ rewritten by Hussein Fattahi, ‘Marzbannama; rewritten by Mohammad Shams, and ‘Gulistan Saadi’ by Farhad Hassanzadeh are on top of his suggested list.

2 Apr 2013 13:32	Rich theatrical history of Qazvin still unacknowledged
	Mahdi Noormohammadi, researcher on urban art and literature of Qazvin says the rich art history of Qazvin requires deeper and vaster research.

1 Apr 2013 11:35	Don’t read philosophy in Norouz!
	Mohammad Fanaei Ashkevari, academic member of Imam Khomeini Educational-Research Institute says philosophy fans should better avoid reading philosophy during Norouz as such a study requires concentration.

27 Mar 2013 14:34	Kazzazi: Most Delightsome spring-songs composed in Qaznavid, Samanid Eras
	Mir Jalaleddin Kazzazi, researcher and professor of Persian, believes that the most delightsome spring-songs were written during the Samanid and Qaznavid eras as their ideology was in line with spring as the most pleasant seasons of the year.

6 Mar 2013 11:47	“Wish I could see Márquez once more”
	Gabriel García Márquez is known in Iran with his “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and its translator Bahman Farzaneh. IBNA conducted an interview with him on the occasion of Márquez’s birthday.

27 Feb 2013 13:20	Cultural, historical backgrounds made Afghans to write books
	Mohammad Ebrahim Shariati, who immigrated to Iran some 23 years ago, is the only Afghan publisher working in Iran. The following is IBNA’s interview with him.

26 Feb 2013 11:33	Giant of French literature a stranger in Iran
	On the occasion of Victor Hugo’s 211th birthday, Iranian translator Farideh Mahdavi Damghani said: “Victor Hugo is called the giant of French literature, but many of his works have not been translated into Persian yet.”

25 Feb 2013 12:22	Encyclopedia of Int'l Commerce to be released in Iran
	Researcher and scholar Mohammad Ebrahim Goharian announced that the 25-volume great encyclopedia of world commerce will be published in Iran within the next three years.

25 Feb 2013 11:36	Iranian legends best for animations
	Iranian history researcher Mohammad Jafar Qanavati believes that animations can be the best forms for presenting Iran’s popular literature, which is full of legends.

25 Feb 2013 10:36	Moayerian: Self-made isolation retards adaptation process
	Arash Moayerian believes that a big gap falls between the men of letters and men of cinema and this has retarded the adaptation process in Iran.

24 Feb 2013 13:19	Saheb-al-zamani: Deep understanding of screenplays missing
	Fardin Saheb-al-Zamani, director of "There Are Things You Don't Know" regards production limitations as well as lack of proper understanding of screenplays as the most important reasons for the defects of adaptation cinema in Iran.

23 Feb 2013 14:57	Media literacy must be taught at schools, universities
	Hosseinali Afkhami, dean of Social Communications Group of Allameh Tabatabaei University suggested the inclusion of media literacy as a part of high school curriculum and as university courses.

18 Feb 2013 17:46	Veteran writer: Woe betides society if too many translations hit market
	Javad Mohaghegh, children’s senior poet and writer, believes that novels should be a reflection of the society they address rather than disseminating elements of alien cultures.

16 Feb 2013 14:05	Iran holds precious sources for numismatic books
	Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Curator of British Museum’s Middle Eastern coins says: “Coins are among the precious sources of history, archeology and art studies.”

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