Iran is land of orators and Shahnameh is its magnum opus
Iran is land of orators and Shahnameh is its magnum opus
"We have many great rhetors in the land of Iran . Magna opera in Iran are so that each of them alone flaunts grandeur and survival of a people and helps the name of Iran to endure," Dr. Mir Jalaloddin Kazazi, a veteran researcher in Shahnameh studies told a panel held in House of Authors Friday May 15 under the banner of "panel of millennium of Shahnameh of Ferdowsi." According to the news arm of the House of Authors, ...
Bosnia to dispatch top ranking cultural delegation to Tehran
Bosnia to dispatch top ranking cultural delegation to Tehran
Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has planned to send a high ranking delegation to Tehran also with a cultural mission along with diplomatic and economic ones, Armin Limhon, Bosnian charge d'affairs in Tehran said. He said at present the cultural relations between the two countries were supercedes economic relations but lags behind diplomatic ties, adding that he hoped the cultural ties would improve through several programs already on agenda of the country. On another regard, Limhon was positive about ...
Top publishers of 22nd TIBF awarded
Top publishers of 22nd TIBF awarded
Final day of 22 nd Tehran International Book Fair was wrapped with board of judges awarding top pavilions among general publishers, university publishers, educational publishers, children publishers and non-capital-based publishers in the two private and state-run categories. The board of judges in the 22 nd TIBF chose best publishers after taking into account several qualifications, namely publication of useful, serious books, diversity and number of titles, number of first edition books, size and content of fringe activities in the ...
Top publishers of past Iranian calendar year awarded
Top publishers of past Iranian calendar year awarded
Board of Judges decreed the country's top publishers in the peat Iranian year, ended March 21. According to the news arm of the 22 nd Tehran International Book Fair, Nashr-e Ney was decreed by the board as the best publisher in the category of adult-related publishers, sub-category of private publishers. Dalil-e Ma publisher based in the provincial center of Qom , 120km south of Tehran was chosen as best non-capital based publisher. In this category, Ansariyan publisher received honors ...
Minimum visits to fair at 300 to 350 thousand a day
Minimum visits to fair at 300 to 350 thousand a day
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance told a closing ceremony of the 22 nd Tehran International Book Fair that the latest edition of book fair was wrapped with authors and visitors resting more content than previous editions. Mohammad-Hussein Saffar-Harandi thanked all authorities in charge of the book fair as well as authors and corps of publication in the country, adding that the cultural trend of society is on a favorable track at present, leading to a favorable publication situation ...
Culture Ministry to stage book fairs countrywide
Culture Ministry to stage book fairs countrywide
Head of the 22 nd Tehran International Book Fair, Mohsen Parviz told a closing ceremony of 22nd TIBF Saturday that the eleven-day fest and affinity was wrapped without any accidents in the venue. Also Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Parviz promised that the Ministry will procure staging of book fairs across the country. He thanked the corps of culture and pen including authors, critics, state and private institutions and mass media specially those who diligently provided news ...
IRI Parliament soon to pass bill on copyright
IRI Parliament soon to pass bill on copyright
A prospective bill of copyright is expected to receive stamp of approval in the parliament at an early date, Mohsen Esmaili, member of the Constitutional Guardian Council said, adding that the IRI lawmakers were purposely seeking to remove the country's problems in print and publication affairs, especially at international levels. Esmaili said in his inspection of the pavilion of Soroush publisher in Tehran Book Fair that a draft bill on copyright has been drawn up in the Ministry of ...
As long as there is a love of knowledge, there is a love of book either
As long as there is a love of knowledge, there is a love of book either
Alberto Bradanini, Italy's Ambassador to Tehran told the news arm of the 22 nd Tehran International Book Fair that fairs which specifically focus on cultural affairs, including international book fairs, must not settle for sales or presentation affairs rather they must become a stage for dialogue and exchange of thoughts through specialized panels with an eye on cultural exchange and development of mutual acquaintance. Bradanini believed that in order to boost volume of book reading in the four corners ...
Book fair, best chance for cultural exchange among ECO member states
Book fair, best chance for cultural exchange among ECO member states
ECO Cultural Institute (ECI) keeps a pavilion in Tehran International Book Fair like in previous years. Abbas Nazari, director of ECI cultural and art associations and circles believes that the goal of the pavilion is to expand cultural and art activities in ECO member states. He said the ECO cultural institute with cooperation of the cultural department of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has provided 10 pavilions for the seven-strong body where the member states ...
Switzerland in eight consecutive editions of Tehran Book Fair
Switzerland in eight consecutive editions of Tehran Book Fair
Having behind a record seven consecutive presences in Tehran International Book Fair, Swiss Publishers association took its pavilion also in this edition of Tehran Fair so that an already developed cultural relationship with the Iranian publishers keeps track of growth. According to Ms Rigular Von Bergen, director of international section in the Swiss association of Publishers s, Switzerland has primarily kept presence in Tehran Fair for cultural interaction and exchange as well as publication projects. She said her team ...
