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November 17, 2014, 7:24 pm

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TEHRAN – Iranian director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s acclaimed film “Tales” won the best film award at the 20th Kolkata International Film Festival, Persian news agencies announced on Monday.

 

The film contains seven short episodes, in which Bani-Etemad reveals the fate of some of the female characters in her previous films like “The Blue-Veiled”, “Under the Skin of the City” and “Mainline”, and also people who represent different layers of the society.

 

“Tales” won the award for best screenplay at the 71st International Venice Film Festival in September 2014.

 

Films from Iranian actress and director Niki Karimi went on screen at the New Horizon section of the festival.

 

Niki Karimi was on the jury of the festival, which was held from November 10 to 17.

 

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Erarta museum to host Persian music concert

November 17, 2014, 7:05 pm

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TEHRAN -- The Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art in St. Petersburg will be playing host to a concert of contemporary Persian music on November 23.

 

The concert will be performed in two parts by the In Corpore String Quartet and Carpe Diem String Quartet, Erarta, which is the largest private museum of contemporary art in Russia, has announced on its website.

 

Works by famous Iranian composers of different generations have been selected for the program.

 

Hormoz Farhat’s “String Quartet No. 1” (1953), Amir Bakan’s “Delirium” (2014) and Amir Mahyar Tafreshipur’s “Broken Times” (2011) will be performed in the first part.

 

The second part will include Shahin Farhat’s “String Quartet No. 4” (2010) and Fuzieh Majd’s “Dreamland” (2006).

 

According to Erarta, most of the pieces will be performed in Russia for the first time and the composers will personally be present at the concert.

 

“Performing the pieces at the museum in St. Petersburg is a credit to Persian music,” Shahin Farhat told the Persian service of ILNA on Monday.

 

“I am happy hearing that the pieces will be performed at the museum, because I believe that the performance will be of high quality,” he added.

 

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Mahmud Dowlatabadi receives France’s Chevalier of Legion of Honor

November 17, 2014, 6:42 pm

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TEHRAN -- Iranian author Mahmud Dowlatabadi, mostly famous for his novel “Kalidar”, received the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor during a ceremony held in Tehran on Sunday evening.

The medal, which is the highest decoration awarded by the French government, was presented to the author by French Ambassador Bruno Foucher during a ceremony at his residence in Tehran.

The ambassador gave a brief speech about the life and works of Dowlatabadi. He also praised his artistic career in theater and storytelling.

Wearing the medal, Dowlatabadi talked about French literature and civilization in his short speech, and pointed to the issues of writing and the pains of writing.

A number of scholars and literati including Dariush Shayegan, Kambiz Dermabakhsh, Omid Rohani, Lili Golestan, Javad Mojabi and Hassan Kianian attended the ceremony.

Born in 1940, short-story writer and novelist Dowlatabadi was the most prominent Iranian novelist of the 1980s. Self-educated and forced to work from childhood, he spent part of his younger adult years as a stage actor in Tehran.

“The Colonel”, “Kalidar”, “Desert Strata”, “The Trip”, “The Legend of Baba Sobhan”, “The Cowherd”, “Aqil”, “Man” and “Missing Soluch” are among Dowlatabadi’s credits.

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Cinema Organization of Iran backs movies promoting hope and confidence: official

November 18, 2014, 6:16 pm

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TEHRAN -- The Cinema Organization of Iran supports film projects that promote hope and confidence in the country, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance spokesman Hossein Nushabadi said on Tuesday.

 

Speaking at a meeting held to brief media on the new policies of the ministry and its satellite organizations, he added, “Film projects that help increase the number of filmgoers will also be supported by the organization.”

 

He also stated that the organization welcomes the private sector to invest in these areas. However, films in this context should meet Islamic regulations.

 

He also said that the restoration of Iran’s National Orchestra and the Tehran Symphony Orchestra are the ministry’s main priorities.

 

The two state ensembles were almost dismantled over the past five years.     

 

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November 18, 2014, 6:19 pm

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“Timeloss” to go on stage at Paris Autumn Festival

TEHRAN --- The Mehr Theater Group led by Iranian director/writer Amir-Reza Kuhestani will perform a play entitled “Timeloss” at the 42nd Paris Autumn Festival at the Opéra Bastille, which will be held from November 24 to 30.

 

“Timeloss”, a fiery story about the passage of time, is another version of “Dance on Glass”, which Kuhestani staged in 2001. In “Timeloss”, he revises his viewpoints after twelve years.

 

The festival is annually held from September to December in France.

 

 

Iranian publisher to participate in Shanghai Intl. Children’s Book Fair

TEHRAN – Shabaviz, a leading Iranian publisher of children’s books, will take part in the 2nd Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair.

 

Shabaviz Managing Director Farideh Khalatbari will speak about children’s literature in Iran in a meeting at the book fair.

 

The Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair will be held from November 20 to 22 in China.

 

Iranian films to go on screen in Swedish online festival

TEHRAN – Two Iranian short films will compete in 

Switzerland’s Viewster Online Film Fest, which will be held from November 13 to 27.

 

The films are “Somewhere up There” by Babak Habibifar and “Social Learning Theory” by Purya Heidari.

 

“Melbourne” to compete in Argentine festival

TEHRAN – Iranian director Nima Javidi’s film “Melbourne” will compete in the 29th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, which will be held in Argentina from November 22 to 30.

 

The festival will also screen Iranian director Hamid Karimian’s “Cloudy Goats” in the Panorama section.

 

“Melbourne” is currently competing in the 52nd Gijon International Film Festival, which runs in Spain until November 23.

 

The film is about a young couple, Amir and Sara, who plan to leave Tehran to try a new life in the Australian coastal city of Melbourne. However, a tragic event puts their plan at risk.

 

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Iranian illustrations shortlisted for Nami Concours 2015

November 18, 2014, 6:26 pm

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TEHRAN – Ten illustrations by nine Iranian artists have been selected to compete in the 2nd edition of the Nami Concours 2015, a biennial contest that is held on Nami Island, South Korea.

 

The illustrators are Melika Saeida, Yekta Jebeli, Narges Mohammadi, Ali Dalvand, Reza Dalvand, Zahra Mohammadnejad, Ali Amekan, Hassan Amekan and Azar Teimuri.

 

A total of 94 illustrators from 71 countries are competing in the contest. They have been selected from among 1330 artists who submitted their works to the biennial.

 

Works of the illustrators will be put on display at an exhibition during the Nami Island International Children’s Book Festival in March 2015. 

 

The winners will be announced on the Nami Concours official website.

 

The Nami Concours aims to encourage artists’ creativity and contribute to the advancement book illustration. 

 

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French Order of Academic Palms awarded to Lili Golestan

November 18, 2014, 6:28 pm

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TEHRAN -- Iranian translator Lili Golestan, who is also the curator of Tehran’s Golestan Gallery, received France’s Order of Academic Palms during a ceremony at the Embassy of France in the Iranian capital on Monday evening.

 

French Ambassador Bruno Foucher delivered a short speech before honoring Golestan with the order, which is awarded by the French Minister of Education to those who have rendered eminent service to French education and have contributed actively to the prestige of French culture, Honaronline reported on Tuesday.

 

“In the animated and rich cultural atmosphere of Tehran, in which you can find no day without an event, Golestan Gallery has a special place,” Foucher stated.

 

He also praised Golestan for the efforts she made to introduce French writers, including Albert Camus, Jean Giraud and Romain Gary, to Persian readers.

 

“Your achievements show that you are among the very eminent women and France praises such persons. Indeed, such brilliant activities in the promotion of Iranian art and such a will for the introduction of French literature luminaries deserve appreciation,” he added.

 

Foucher then presented the order to Golestan and she also made a short speech.

 

“French literature is part of my soul,” she said and added that she has tried to introduce it to Persian readers.

 

“I have had a small gallery in this mega city for over a quarter of a century. This night’s meeting caused me to take a glance at the past and for the first time to ask myself exactly how many times I have organized exhibitions at this gallery. The result surprised me and I also felt more exhausted: 1040 exhibits. But, due the decoration I received tonight, I feel that it’s time to forget the 1040 exhibitions and also to shelve the forty books that I translated and the 340 articles that I wrote for newspapers and magazines, in order to ease my exhaustion for a while, only for a short while,” she stated.

 

She translated many books from world literature into Persian. Among the works are Eugene Ionesco’s “Story Number 3”, Maurice Druon’s “Tistou of the Green Thumbs”, Miguel Angel Asturias’ “The Man that Had it All, All, All”, Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “The Smell of the Guava Tree” and “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”. 

 

Iranian author Mahmud Dowlatabadi was also awarded the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in Tehran on Sunday evening.

 

France has decorated three Iranian personalities with the Chevalier of the Legion of Honors over the past six months.

 

Vocalist Mohammadreza Shajarian received the order in June. Cartoonist Kambiz Derambakhsh and filmmaker Dariush Mehrjuii are the other honorees.

 

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Codicologist Abdollah Anvaar honored

November 18, 2014, 6:31 pm

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TEHRAN – Prominent Iranian codicologist Abdollah Anvaar was honored for his lifetime efforts on studying and cataloguing Persian manuscripts during a ceremony held at the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) on Monday.

 

Anvaar, who is mostly known for his studies on Tehran, has studied old texts and manuscripts deeply, and his systematic cataloguing has been a great help to the history and culture of the country, NLAI deputy director Gholamreza Amirkhani said at the ceremony.

 

His in-depth knowledge is seen in his writings beside his other studies including “The Great Book of Music” by Iranian Muslim philosopher and musician Abu Nasr Farabi (878-950), and “The Book of Healing” by the Islamic physician and philosopher Avicenna (980–1037), Amirkhani added.

 

Iranian Society of Cultural Works and Luminaries Director Mehdi Mohaqeq, also present at the ceremony, called Anvaar the Avicenna of our time.

 

His studies of old texts like Avicenna’s “Book of Healing” indicate his vast knowledge of different fields of study such as the sciences, math, and philosophy, he said.

 

“I dare say I have not seen an individual as knowledgeable as Anvaar,” he added.

 

The ceremony continued with unveiling the statue of the master, and screening a documentary on his life.

 

In addition, the library named one of its halls with the name of Anvaari, which was also unveiled at the ceremony.

 

Born in 1924, Anvaar is a veteran translator, mathematician and expert on manuscripts especially old math texts.

 

He has also compiled one volume of the series of Dehkhoda, the most comprehensive unabridged Persian dictionary.

 

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Iranian lineup for intl. section of Cinéma Vérité announced

November 19, 2014, 10:01 pm

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TEHRAN -- Seven films will be screened in the international competition section of the Iranian international festival for documentary films, Cinéma Vérité, the organizers announced on Wednesday.

 

“Atlan” directed by Moin Karimeddini about the life story of a Turkmen horse riding instructor, “Champion and Robe” directed by Arash Lahuti about a strong traveling entertainer who searches for his ancestors’ clothing are among the films.

 

The lineup also includes “I Wanna Become a King” directed by Mehdi Ganji about Abbas Barzegar, an Iranian village man who converted his home into a guesthouse for tourists, “Monsieur Setboun and Those Past Days” directed by Mahmud Karimi about French photographer Michel Setboun, who is mostly famous for his works on the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979.  

 

“Nanny Hassan” about 77-year-old self-taught artist Monavvar Ramezani known as Nanny Hassan will also be screened in this section. The film was directed by Mohammad-Ali Talebi and Arash Talebi.

 

“Parking” directed by Abbas Omrani is about an old man who narrates his memories of the Iran-Iraq 1980-1988 war in a parking lot, and “Malekia” by Mohammad-Bagher Shahin is about a girl who explains how her parents were killed in the Syrian village Malekia by terrorists.

 

The organizers previously announced the foreign lineup for this section.

 

Eight foreign documentaries, including “Ariel” directed by Laura Bari from Canada, “Two Raging Grannies” by Håvard Bustnes from Norway, “Frozen Man” by Carolina Campo Lupo from Uruguay and “The Man Who Made Angels Fly” by Wiktoria Szymanska from Poland will compete in this section. 

 

Cinéma Vérité will be held in Tehran from November 30 to December 7.

 

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November 19, 2014, 10:03 pm

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Iranian, Turkish virtuosos to perform in France

TEHRAN – The Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and the Turkish baglama virtuoso Erdal Erzincan will perform a duet at the 4th edition of NoBorder, a music festival that is held annually in Brest, France.

 

The performance will be held at the Le Qurtz on December 12. The festival will be held from December 11 to 14.

 

Iranian film to compete in Belfort festival

TEHRAN – The Iranian drama “Tomorrow” will compete in the 29th Entrevues Film Festival, which will be held in Belfort, France from November 23 to 30.

 

Directed by Iman Afsharian and Mehdi Pakdel, the film is about a young girl who embarks on a journey with her mother to take landscape photos. However, their car breaks down on the road.

 

Sami Yusuf to perform in motherland

TEHRAN -- Iranian-born British singer Sami Yusuf plans to perform a concert in Tehran during February 2015. 

 

His father, Babak Radmanesh, a virtuoso on stringed instruments, will accompany him during the concert, the Student News Network quoting the producer of the concert, Tahmasbi, announced on Wednesday.

 

The first name of the producer was not mentioned in the report.

 

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“Melbourne” named best film at Cairo festival

November 19, 2014, 10:10 pm

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TEHRAN – Iranian director Nima Javidi’s acclaimed family drama “Melbourne” won the Golden Pyramid for best film at the 36th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) in Egypt.

 

The winners were announced during the closing ceremony held at the Giza plateau on Tuesday night.

 

Greek filmmaker Margarita Manda received the Silver Pyramid for best director for  “Forever”, and the Brazilian film “The Boy and the World” by director/writer Ale Abreu won the Silver pyramid for best screenplay.

 

“Melbourne” is about a young couple, Amir and Sara, who plan to leave Tehran to try a new life in the Australian coastal city of Melbourne. However, a tragic event puts their plan at risk.

 

More than 60 films from 30 countries were screened at the festival.

 

The 10-day festival returned after last year's suspension over political turmoil in Egypt, as the 35th session was held in 2012 while the closing ceremony was overwhelmed by sadness.

 

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Tajik official takes earth from Iran for poet Kamal Khujandi monument

November 19, 2014, 10:12 pm

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TEHRAN -- Sughd Governor Abdurahmon Qodiri, who is also the first deputy speaker of the Tajik parliament, has taken a sack of earth from the grave of Kamal ad-Din Masud Khujandi (1318-1400) in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz to symbolically put in a monument that Tajikistan plans to build for the Persian poet.

 

Qodiri and a group of Tajik literati from Khujand, the second-largest city of Tajikistan and the capital of the northernmost province of Tajikistan, now called Sughd, visited the tomb of Kamal Khujandi during a ceremony on Tuesday, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Wednesday.

 

A number of the officials of Tabriz attended the ceremony.

 

“This deed is performed to commemorate the great poet and mystic in Tajikistan,” Qodiri said during the ceremony.   

 

“The plan to take some earth from the tomb of Kamal Khujandi was initiated by the Tajik president,” he added.

 

The government of Tajikistan plans to build a monument in a garden covering seven hectares.  

 

“The President of Tajikistan is scheduled to place this sack of earth in the monument during a ceremony during the Noruz celebration in March 2015,” Qodiri said and asked Iranians to attend the ceremony.

 

Tajik cultural delegation’s visit to Iran was organized by the Iran-Tajikistan Friendship Society. The group arrived in Iran on last Monday to meet a number of Iranian cultural figures. They also attended poetry sessions during their three-day sojourn in Iran.

 

Kamal Khujandi was born in Khujand, which today is the capital of Sughd Province in Tajikistan. He lived in Tabriz and died in 1400 CE.

 

He is counted among the great romantic poets of the 14th century, like Amir Khosrow Dehlavi, Khwaju Kermani and Hafez.

 

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Iranian Culture Ministry mulling over plan for Yanni concerts

November 21, 2014, 11:56 am

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TEHRAN -- The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance is considering the possibility of performing concerts by the renowned Greek pianist and composer Yanni in Iran in the near future. 

 

“The confirmation of holding concerts by Yanni depends on our negotiations with his agent,” the director of the Music Office of the Culture Ministry, Piruz Arjmand, told the Persian service of ISNA on Thursday.

 

The private sector will organize the concerts in Tehran and on the Persian Gulf island of Kish, he said and added that the Culture Ministry also supports such programs.

 

In October, the Grammy award-winning Japanese musician Kitaro held a concert in Tehran, which was warmly welcomed by the Iranian concertgoers.

 

Yiannis Chryssomallis known professionally as Yanni, 60, has spent his adult life in the United States.

 

Photo: Yanni in an undated photo

 

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Tehran Municipality to support Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards

November 21, 2014, 11:54 am

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 TEHRAN -- The Tehran Municipality plans to cover part of the expenses for organizing the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards, which is Iran’s most lucrative literary award.

 

This action is based on the municipality’s legal duty to allocate part of its revenues in the cultural fields, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance spokesman Hossein Nushabadi announced on Thursday.

 

“However, the Culture Ministry is appreciative of the municipality’s action,” he stated. 

 

Each winner in the four categories of fiction, biography, memoir and literary review receives 110 Bahar Azadi gold coins worth over one billion rials (over $30,000). In addition, the second place winners are awarded 55 Bahar Azadi gold coins.

 

The municipality’s decision to support the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards was made after the Culture Ministry announced last week that the number of Bahar Azadi gold coins will decrease to 30 this year due to financial constraints.

 

However, because of the municipality’s decision, the Culture Ministry won’t reduce the number of coins anymore, Nushabadi said.

 

Winners will be announced during a ceremony at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall this week on Monday 

 

 

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“Melbourne” named best film at Cairo festival

November 19, 2014, 10:10 pm

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TEHRAN – Iranian director Nima Javidi’s acclaimed family drama “Melbourne” won the Golden Pyramid for best film at the 36th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) in Egypt.

 

The winners were announced during the closing ceremony held at the Giza plateau on Tuesday night.

 

Greek filmmaker Margarita Manda received the Silver Pyramid for best director for  “Forever”, and the Brazilian film “The Boy and the World” by director/writer Ale Abreu won the Silver pyramid for best screenplay.

 

“Melbourne” is about a young couple, Amir and Sara, who plan to leave Tehran to try a new life in the Australian coastal city of Melbourne. However, a tragic event puts their plan at risk.

 

More than 60 films from 30 countries were screened at the festival.

 

The 10-day festival returned after last year's suspension over political turmoil in Egypt, as the 35th session was held in 2012 while the closing ceremony was overwhelmed by sadness.

 

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Tajik official takes earth from Iran for poet Kamal Khujandi monument

November 19, 2014, 10:12 pm

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TEHRAN -- Sughd Governor Abdurahmon Qodiri, who is also the first deputy speaker of the Tajik parliament, has taken a sack of earth from the grave of Kamal ad-Din Masud Khujandi (1318-1400) in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz to symbolically put in a monument that Tajikistan plans to build for the Persian poet.

 

Qodiri and a group of Tajik literati from Khujand, the second-largest city of Tajikistan and the capital of the northernmost province of Tajikistan, now called Sughd, visited the tomb of Kamal Khujandi during a ceremony on Tuesday, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Wednesday.

 

A number of the officials of Tabriz attended the ceremony.

 

“This deed is performed to commemorate the great poet and mystic in Tajikistan,” Qodiri said during the ceremony.   

 

“The plan to take some earth from the tomb of Kamal Khujandi was initiated by the Tajik president,” he added.

 

The government of Tajikistan plans to build a monument in a garden covering seven hectares.  

 

“The President of Tajikistan is scheduled to place this sack of earth in the monument during a ceremony during the Noruz celebration in March 2015,” Qodiri said and asked Iranians to attend the ceremony.

 

Tajik cultural delegation’s visit to Iran was organized by the Iran-Tajikistan Friendship Society. The group arrived in Iran on last Monday to meet a number of Iranian cultural figures. They also attended poetry sessions during their three-day sojourn in Iran.

 

Kamal Khujandi was born in Khujand, which today is the capital of Sughd Province in Tajikistan. He lived in Tabriz and died in 1400 CE.

 

He is counted among the great romantic poets of the 14th century, like Amir Khosrow Dehlavi, Khwaju Kermani and Hafez.

 

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Iranian Culture Ministry mulling over plan for Yanni concerts

November 21, 2014, 11:56 am

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TEHRAN -- The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance is considering the possibility of performing concerts by the renowned Greek pianist and composer Yanni in Iran in the near future. 

 

“The confirmation of holding concerts by Yanni depends on our negotiations with his agent,” the director of the Music Office of the Culture Ministry, Piruz Arjmand, told the Persian service of ISNA on Thursday.

 

The private sector will organize the concerts in Tehran and on the Persian Gulf island of Kish, he said and added that the Culture Ministry also supports such programs.

 

In October, the Grammy award-winning Japanese musician Kitaro held a concert in Tehran, which was warmly welcomed by the Iranian concertgoers.

 

Yiannis Chryssomallis known professionally as Yanni, 60, has spent his adult life in the United States.

 

Photo: Yanni in an undated photo

 

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 TEHRAN -- The Tehran Municipality plans to cover part of the expenses for organizing the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards, which is Iran’s most lucrative literary award.

 

This action is based on the municipality’s legal duty to allocate part of its revenues in the cultural fields, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance spokesman Hossein Nushabadi announced on Thursday.

 

“However, the Culture Ministry is appreciative of the municipality’s action,” he stated. 

 

Each winner in the four categories of fiction, biography, memoir and literary review receives 110 Bahar Azadi gold coins worth over one billion rials (over $30,000). In addition, the second place winners are awarded 55 Bahar Azadi gold coins.

 

The municipality’s decision to support the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards was made after the Culture Ministry announced last week that the number of Bahar Azadi gold coins will decrease to 30 this year due to financial constraints.

 

However, because of the municipality’s decision, the Culture Ministry won’t reduce the number of coins anymore, Nushabadi said.

 

Winners will be announced during a ceremony at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall this week on Monday 

 

 

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Iranian institute to commemorate Swedish translator of Persian literature Eric Hermelin

November 22, 2014, 11:23 am

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TEHRAN – Tehran’s Book City Institute plans to commemorate the prolific Swedish translator of Persian literature Eric Hermelin (1860–1944) during a ceremony on Tuesday.

 

The renowned Swedish novelist and literary critic Carl-Göran Ekerwald and Hermelin’s nephew Johan Hermelin will attend the ceremony.

 

Eric Hermelin translated several classic Persian books including “Tazkirat al-Auliya” written by the 13th century mystic and poet Farid od-Din Attar Neyshaburi, and “Bustan” composed by the 13th century poet Sheikh Muslih od-Din Sadi Shirazi.

 

He also translated works by Omar Khayyam, Rumi, Sanai, Nezami and Sheikh Mahmud Shabestari into Swedish.

 

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“Hush… Girls Don’t Scream” to go on screen at Turkish festival 

 

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Puran Derakhshandeh’s family drama “Hush… Girls Don’t Scream” will go on screen at the 5th Malatya International Film Festival in Turkey.

 

Iranian director and comedian Reza Attaran will be among the jury members of the festival, which will be held from November 21 to 27.

 

The Iranian movie “For Puneh” directed by Hatef Alimardani and Attaran’s “Red Carpet” will also go on screen during the festival.

 

 

TV anchors to stage benefit performance

 

TEHRAN – A group of Iranian TV anchors plans to stage a reading performance of “The Sunshine Boys” at Tehran’s Andisheh Cultural Center on November 30 to raise funds for patients suffering from cancer.

 

All the money raised by the concert will be presented to the Sepas charity center in Tehran.

 

TV anchors Sara Javadzadeh, Mohammad Soluki, Javad Yahyavi, Mohammad Salimi, Saeid Sheykhzadeh and Shahin Salimi along with vocalist Ruzbeh Nematollahi will perform the play.

 

Written by American dramatist Neil Simon, the play focuses on the aging Al Lewis and Willie Clark, a one-time vaudevillian team known as “Lewis and Clark” who, over the course of forty-odd years, not only grew to hate each other but never spoke to each other off-stage throughout the final year of their act.

 

 

Book of Hollande’s former partner translated into Persian

 

TEHRAN -- “Thank You for This Moment”, the controversial book of Valérie Trierweiler, French journalist and former partner of French President François Hollande, has recently been translated into Persian in Iran.

 

Abolfazl Allahdadi, who previously translated Mahtab Bolouki’s “Jean Genet et l'architecture du vide”, is the translator of the book.

 

Published in September 2014, the book details her relationship with Hollande and their breakup.

 

The Persian version is to be published by Behnegar in the near future.

 

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