Tehran’s Book City commemorates J.R.R Tolkien
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TEHRAN – The Garmdareh branch of the Book City Institute in Alborz Province commemorated the 41st anniversary of the death of English writer J.R.R Tolkien during a meeting on Friday.
The Persian translators of his works, Morad Farhadpur and Reza Alizadeh, delivered speeches at the meeting entitled “On the Fictional World of Tolkien”.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) was mostly known for his classic high fantasy works “The Hobbit”, “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Silmarillion”.
Top film critic’s library donated to Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia
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TEHRAN – The personal library of the renowned Iranian film critic Amir-Hushang Kavusi has been bequeathed to the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (CGIE) in Tehran.
His widow Giti Miremadi donated the library to the center based on Kavusi’s last will and testament.
Kavusi, known as one of the founders of analytical cinema criticism in Iran, died in March 2013.
Another translation of “Tarkovsky Interviews” appears in Persian
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TEHRAN – Another Persian translation of “Andrei Tarkovsky: Interviews” has been published in Iran.
Written by John Gianvito, the book was translated into Persian by Arash Mohammadavali and Qoqnus Publications published it.
Shurafarin Publications previously published a Persian version of the book, which was translated by Arman Salehi.
Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-86) was considered by many to be one of Russia’s most influential filmmakers, despite an output of only seven feature films in 20 years.
German festival to screen Iranian children’s film
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TEHRAN – Iranian director Fayyaz Musavi’s TV drama “Story of My Father’s Bike and Me” will go on screen at the 19th Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience in Chemnitz, Germany from October 13 to 19.
Produced by the Channel 2 of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the film is about a little boy who borrows his friend’s bicycle for a competition, but he faces some problems.
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