TEHRAN -- Iran has invited the exhibition manager of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Roberta Chinni, to visit the Tehran International Book Fair (TBIF), which will be held from May 6 to 16.
Chinni received the invitation, which was signed by TBIF Deputy Director Amir-Masud Shahramnia, from the Iranian cultural attaché, Qorbanali Purmarjan, during a visit to the Iranian pavilion at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair on April 1, the Iranian Cultural Section in Rome reported in a press release on Saturday.
“It is a great honor for me to visit the Tehran International Book Fair and I will do my best to attend this event,” she said.
In addition, Iran’s request to be a guest of honor at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2017 or 2018 or 2019 was also discussed at the meeting.
Over 300 titles from Iranian publishers were put on display by the Iran Cultural Fairs Institute at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which was held March 30 to April 2.
The potential of Iranian children’s literature to be translated and published abroad was discussed during a session at the Authors Café of the book fair.
Maurizio Silvio Pistoso of the University of Bologna,
Kia Literary Agency Director Lili Hayeri Yazdi, Jeanne Dalgaard of the Danish publishing house Jensen & Dalgaard, and Iranian cultural liaison Mahryar Qaderi delivered speeches at the session.
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