TEHRAN – The University of Bologna in Italy will be hosting a seminar on contemporary Persian literature opening on March 12.
The seminar entitled “Garden and Stream, Review of Contemporary Persian Literature” has been organized by the Department of History and Cultures of the University of Bologna in collaboration with the Iranian Cultural Office in Rome.
Professor Giuseppe Sassatelli, director of Department of History and Cultures and Qorbanali Marjanpur, Iran’s Cultural Attaché are scheduled to speak at the seminar, the Persian service of MNA reported on Saturday.
Several other articles will be presented at the seminar by Iranian and Italian scholars including deputy director of the Book City Institute Ali-Asghar Mohammadkhani, Persian scholar Zia Movahhed, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Persian Language and Literature at the University of Bologna Faezeh Mardani and Anna Vanzan from the University of Milan.
Cultural ties between Iran and Italy have been developed over the past years, and there have been efforts to introduce Persian literature by both countries.
Italian universities have hosted several seminars on introducing contemporary Persian literature in past years.
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