TEHRAN – A number of Iranian poets and writers met with Chinese poets in Tehran on Sunday.
Poet Jidi Majia along with a group of Chinese literati has traveled to Iran to meet Iranian literary figures and discuss ways to boost cultural relations between Iranian and Chinese literati, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Monday.
Poets Shams Langarudi and Hafez Musavi, deputy director of the Book City Institute Ali-Asghar Mohammadkhani, and director of the Chinese department of Shahid Beheshti University Reza Mirzaii were among the Iranian participants at the session.
Speaking at the session, Mohammadkhani gave a brief outline of the history of poetry in Iran and china.
“Poetry in Iran and China has a long history and dates back to ancient times. Iranian and Chinese poetry are very rich and their poets are world famous,” Mohammadkhani said.
In his short speech Majia expressed his happiness to be taking part in the session. He also invited Iranian cultural figures to attend the annual gathering of world literati in his country.
Majia next recited part of his famous poem “I, Snow Leopard”. The book has been translated into several languages.
Majia’s works have been translated into many languages, and he has been awarded numerous international prizes including the Sholokhov Memorial Medal for Literature in 2006 from the Russian Writers’ Association, and a Certificate for Outstanding Contributions in Poetry from the Bulgarian Writers’ Association the same year.
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