TEHRAN – An Iranian translator plans to translate books written by French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry into Persian.
“I am studying books by Saint-Exupéry these days and I plan to translate them into Persian,” Parviz Shahdi told the Persian service of ISNA.
A series of his letters, novels, notes and memoirs which are written in 11 books have not been translated into Persian yet, he added.
“His ‘Night Flight’ and ‘Flight to Arras’ were translated into Persian about 50 years ago and it is necessary to translate the books into Persian again,” he stated.
Several Persian translations of Saint-Exupéry’s magnum opus “The Little Prince” including those by Abolhassan Najafi, Delara Qahreman, Mohammad Qazi, and Ahmad Shamlu have previously been published in Iran.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) was a French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France’s highest literary awards and also won the U.S. National Book Award.
He is best remembered for his novella “The Little Prince” (Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including “Wind, Sand and Stars” and “Night Flight”.
“The Aviator”, “Southern Mail”, “Letter to a Hostage” and “The Wisdom of the Sands” are his other credits.
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