Iran's Book News Agency (IBNA)

‎Ishiguro's 'Klara and the Sun' to shine on Iran's book market‎

‎“Arberry’s Translation of Quran is the Best”‎

Book of the Year World Award credited by international jury

Selected news

11 Apr 2021

‎'A Poison Tree', Collection of William Blake's poems in Persian ‎

IBNA- A collection of poems by leading English Romantic poet, painter and printmaker ‎William Blake titled 'A Poison Tree' has been translated into Persian and published. ‎

29 Mar 2021

American author's book considers Iran and the Deccan cultural ties

IBNA- The book, 'Iran and the Deccan: Persianate Art, Culture, and Talent in ‎Circulation, 1400–1700' (2020) by American researcher and Author Keelan Overton has ‎been published by Indiana University ...

3 Apr 2021

Onjali Raúf’s debut novel comes to Iranian bookstores ‎

IBNA- ‘The Boy At the Back of the Class' (2018), the debut children’s novel of ‎Bangladeshi-English Onjali Q. Raúf has been translated into Persian and is available in ‎Iranian bookstores.‎

24 Mar 2021

Ancient Indian play ‘Shakuntala’ appears on Iranian literary scene

IBNA- ‘Shakuntala’ or ‘Abhijnanashakuntala’ an ancient Sanskrit Indian play by Kalidasa ‎that is generally considered to be the greatest Indian literary work of any period has been translated ...

25 Mar 2021

Hermann Broch's 'The Sleepwalkers' rendered into Persian

IBNA- Epic trilogy novel 'The Sleepwalkers' (1931) by Modernist Austrian author ‎Hermann Broch has been rendered into Persian by veteran translator Ali-Asghar ‎Haddad and is going to be published....

21 Mar 2021

‎'Ominous Alliance' discloses hidden facets of Iran-Iraq war

IBNA- The Persian book 'Ominous Alliance', based on 'Shaking Hands with Saddam ‎Hussein: The U.S. Tilts toward Iraq, 1980-1984' (2003) Edited by Joyce Battle which ‎discloses hidden facets of ...

15 Feb 2021

Iranian children book 'Look at This Way' published in Turkey

IBNA- Turkish translation of Iranian children book 'Look at This Way' written and ‎illustrated by Ali Khodaei published by Nar Publishing in Istanbul under the title ‘Bir De ‎Böyle Bak’.‎

12 Feb 2021

Poet Abdolmalekian a finalist for 2021 PEN America Literary Awards‎

IBNA- Iranian poet Garous Abdolmalekian was named a finalist for 2021 PEN America ‎Literary Awards for a book-length translation of poetry from any language into English ‎with his ‘Lean Against ...