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Book City Institute to review Italian version of Persian poetry collection

 

TEHRAN -- An Italian version of “Sometimes Veil, Sometimes Mirror” (“A volte velo e a volte specchio”), an anthology of Persian classical poetry, will be reviewed during a session at Tehran’s Book City Institute on Tuesday.

 

The book, which was translated and edited by Carla de Bellis and Iman Mansub-Basiri, was published by San Marco dei Giustiniani in Genova in March 2014.

 

Italian Cultural Attaché Carlo Cereti, literary critic Clara Corona and Mansub-Basiri will attend the session.

 

The book wan unveiled during a ceremony at the Library of Archeology and Art History (Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell’Arte) in Rome in June.

 

 

Tehran museum to spotlight neo-traditionalism in Iranian art

TEHRAN -- The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art plans to organize an exhibition, which will spotlight neo-traditionalism in contemporary Iranian art.

 

Works by 84 artists in various media will be showcased at the exhibition, which will be held from October 16, 2014 to January 9, 2015.

 

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