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Arman Arian
Arman Arian (born 1 September 1981) (Persian: آرمان آرین) is an Iranian author, novelist and researcher, best known for his first trilogy, '' Persians and I'' (Persian: پارسیان و من: کاخ اژدها). He is the youngest winner of the annual “The Book of The Year of Iran”. In addition to many national awards, he received the honorary diploma in the 31st IBBY World Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark (2008) by the International Board on Books for Young People the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. Although Arian is known as a children and young adults fantasy writer, he doesn't limit his genre to fantasy and also, his books are well received by wide range of readers from all age groups. ''Persians and I'' became the best-selling novel in the 19th Tehran International Book Fair Tehran International Book Fair ( fa, نمایشگاه بینالمللی کتاب تهران) is an annual international book fair held in Tehran, Iran. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persians And I
The trilogy of ''Persians and I'' (Parsian va Man, fa, ) is the first modern Iranian mythical and epic fantasy series novels written by Arman Arian ( fa, , links=no), a Persian author, novelist and researcher. Since the successive release of 3 novels, 2003-2005, the trilogy has gained immense popularity, critical acclaim, and commercial success in Iran, as it became the best-selling novel in the 19th Tehran International Book Fair, 2006. In addition to many national awards, ''Persians and I'' won the International annual prize of “The Book of The Year of Iran” (2005) ( fa, , links=no), and received the honorary diploma in the 31st IBBY World Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark (2008) by the International Board on Books for Young PeopleInternational Board on Books for Young People. (2008). Retrieved 2014, from The IBBY Honour List catalogue: http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=910 the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. This series of three books is a mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Board On Books For Young People
The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is an international non-profit organization committed to bringing books and children together. The headquarters of the IBBY are located in Basel, Switzerland. IBBY history In 1952, Jella Lepman organized a meeting in Munich, Germany, called ''International Understanding through Children’s Books''. Many authors, publishers, teachers and philosophers of the time attended the meeting and as a result a committee was appointed to create the International Board on Books for Young People – IBBY. A year later in 1953, IBBY was registered as a non-profit organization in Zürich, Switzerland. The founding members included: Erich Kästner, Lisa Tetzner, Astrid Lindgren, Jo Tenfjord, Fritz Brunner, Bettina Hürlimann and Richard Bamberger. IBBY established an international award in 1956 and since then the Hans Christian Andersen Award has continued to be awarded every two years. IBBY has six key aims: * to promote international under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran International Book Fair
Tehran International Book Fair ( fa, نمایشگاه بینالمللی کتاب تهران) is an annual international book fair held in Tehran, Iran. The event is held in a 120,000 square meter venue at Tehran's Grand Prayer Grounds. While this event showcases products like humanities, religion, philosophy, literature, social sciences, art and architecture, pure and applied science based books associated with this field etc., the Tehran Book Fair has been criticized by the Anti-Defamation League for its antisemitic and Holocaust denial literature, which notably featured the Russian forgery text of ''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'' and books by white supremacist David Duke. The fair has also been criticized for censoring and banning books by the exiled opposition group the People's Mojahedin of Iran. See also *Media of Iran *Culture of Iran *Education in Iran *Propaganda in Iran *Censorship in Iran * Antisemitism in Iran *Human rights in Iran *Iran International Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehdi Azar Yazdi
Mehdi Azar-Yazdi ( fa, مهدی آذریزدی) (18 March 1922 – 9 July 2009) was an Iranian children's writer. He started his career in 1956. His books are adaptations of works of the Classical Persian literature re-written for children in an easy-to-understand style.http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0004/000401/040163eo.pdf His most notable book was the award-winning ''Good Stories for Good Children''. Books Azar-Yazdi's most famous work was '' Good Stories for Good Children'' () written in eight volumes based on several works of Persian literature, including ''Kalila wa Dimna'', ''Gulistan'', '' Masnavi-e Ma'navi'', '' Marzban-Nameh'', '' Sinbad-Nameh'', '' Qabus-Nameh'', '' Maqalat'' of Shams Tabrizi, '' Jami'-ul-Hikayat'', '' Siyasat-Nameh'', and some stories from the Quran and the life of the Muhammad and The Fourteen Infallibles. The book won a UNESCO award in 1966. ''Good Stories for Good Children'' has been translated into various languages, including Spanish, Armenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran Computer And Video Games Foundation
The Iran Computer and Video Games Foundation (ICVGF), also known as the National Foundation for Computer Games (NFCG), is an Iran, Iranian nonprofit organization established by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance to control and support the video game industry in Iran. Established in 2007, the ICVGF is responsible for publishing and releasing video games, supporting Iranian Video game developer, video game developers, teaching video game development, and monitoring the activities of LAN gaming centers in Iran. The ICVGF is also responsible for banning foreign video games that are not compatible with Iran's political views, and filtering video game websites that do not meet governmental rules. Duties The main duties of the ICVGF are: * Supporting and promoting game development in Iran * Educating Iranian game designers, developers, and artists in Iran * Managing the Entertainment Software Rating Association and the Game Development Institute * Hosting officially-sanctio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahhak
Zahhāk or Zahāk () ( fa, ضحّاک), also known as Zahhak the Snake Shoulder ( fa, ضحاک ماردوش, Zahhāk-e Mārdoush), is an evil figure in Persian mythology, evident in ancient Persian folklore as Azhi Dahāka ( fa, اژی دهاک), the name by which he also appears in the texts of the ''Avesta''. In Middle Persian he is called Dahāg ( fa, دهاگ) or Bēvar Asp ( fa, بیور اسپ) the latter meaning "he who has 10,000 horses". In Zoroastrianism, Zahhak (going under the name Aži Dahāka) is considered the son of Ahriman, the foe of Ahura Mazda. In the '' Shāhnāmah'' of Ferdowsi, Zahhāk is the son of a ruler named Merdās. Etymology and derived words ''Aži'' (nominative ''ažiš'') is the Avestan word for "serpent" or "dragon". It is cognate to the Vedic Sanskrit word ''ahi'', "snake", and without a sinister implication. The original meaning of ''dahāka'' is uncertain. Among the meanings suggested are "stinging" (source uncertain), "burning" (cf. Sanskrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Iranian Children's Writers
Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian diaspora, Iranian people living outside Iran * Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia * Iranian foods, list of Iranian foods and dishes * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran * Demographics of Iran * Indo-Iranian languages * Irani (other) * List of Iranians This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors. In the news * Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran * Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. * Hassan Rouhani, former president o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Births
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An 1981 Dawu ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Art Writers
Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian diaspora, Iranian people living outside Iran * Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia * Iranian foods, list of Iranian foods and dishes * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran * Demographics of Iran * Indo-Iranian languages * Irani (other) Irani may refer to the following: * Anything related to Iran * Irani (India), an ethno-religious group of Zoroastrian Iranian ancestry in the Indian subcontinent * Irani, Santa Catarina * Irani café People with the surname * Adi Irani (born 194 ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
