The translation has been done by Elver Music, who holds a Ph.D. in Persian language and literature and is a prominent writer and translator in Bosnia and Herzegovina, IRNA reported.

Dobra Knjiga Publication has published the book with the cooperation of Iran’s cultural attache in the European country.

The book covers the poets who lived from the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, between 1905 and 1911 to the fall of the monarchy in 1979.

Mohammad Reza Shafiei Kadkani, 84, is a highly respected contemporary Iranian poet, literary scholar, and critic. He has made significant contributions to Persian literature through his thought-provoking poetry, extensive research, and critical analysis of Persian literary works.

In addition to his poetic achievements, Kadkani has written extensively on Persian literature, critically analyzing and interpreting classical and contemporary Persian works. Kadkani’s scholarly work is highly regarded for its depth, meticulous research, and insightful commentary.

Kadkani’s contributions to Persian literature have been recognized through numerous awards and honors. He has received the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance’s Book of the Year Award several times for his critical works and poetry collections. He has also been honored with the prestigious Nima Yushij Award, a significant literary prize in Iran, for his outstanding contributions to Persian poetry.

Apart from his literary pursuits, Kadkani has held academic positions and taught at universities in Iran and abroad. He has served as a professor of Persian literature at Tehran University and Allameh Tabataba’i University, among others.

Based in Sarajevo, Dobra Knjiga is one of the leading publishers and a foremost printing press in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Established in 2006, it has since published more than 500 books including highly specialized scientific nonfiction literature covering medicine, biology, history, cultural and religious studies, as well as philosophy and political sciences just to name a few. Furthermore, Dobra Knjiga regularly publishes translations of world-famous works as well as other original fictional books written by Bosnian authors.

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Several pilgrims visiting Shah Cheragh, the shrine of Ahmad ibn Musa (AS) in the southern Iranian city, were killed in the attack carried out by ISIS last October.

Speaking during the opening ceremony, Ali Ramezani, the director of the Iran Book and Literature House, an organizer of the festival, expressed his happiness over the choice of Shiraz to host the event.

“We initiated the festival in a city that has moved to center stage in the country due to the terrorist attack and now it is a place where the country’s poetic saplings will sprout,” he said.

He called poetry the major part of Iranians’ identity and said, “What encouraged us to select Shiraz to host the festival is the potential people in the Fars region have for poetry and literature.”

Ramezani expressed his hope the festival could help uncover people’s untold stories and bring unity back to the society.

Fars governor-general deputy in political, security and social issues Esmaeil Mohebbipur also attended the opening ceremony of the festival.

In a short speech, he said that different issues of the present time and the future are reflected by literati in literature and poetry, and added the country needs a future full of hope and happiness in order to progress.

Fars Culture and Islamic Guidance Department director Hamidreza Qanei also delivered a speech.

He said that Shiraz is mostly famous for being the homes of renowned poets such as Sadi and Hafez, and expressed his hope that selecting Shiraz as the host city would produce good outcomes for the event.

Ahad Dehbozorgi, Mahmud Ekramifard, Reza Esmaeili, Gholamreza Kafi and several other poets recited their latest works at the opening ceremony, which ended with unveiling a poster for the festival.

Poets from across the country will present their compositions produced over the past year at the festival.

Photo: Organizers and literati pose after unveiling a poster for the 17th Fajr International Poetry Festival in Shiraz on January 7, 2023.

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Some well-known figures in American and Iranian poetry such as Charles Bernstein, Pierre Joris and Sepideh Jodeyri are among the poets participating in the event entitled “A Night with American Poets against U.S. Sanctions on Iran”.

The session will reflect the suffering of the people of Iran since U.S. President Donald Trump imposed new economic sanctions on the country, Busboys and Poets has said in a statement.

Trump has himself labeled the sanctions as the “toughest ever”.

According to the United Nations Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy, “these unjust and harmful sanctions are destroying the economy and currency of Iran, driving millions of people into poverty and making imported goods unaffordable.”

Trump withdrew Washington unilaterally from the 2015 nuclear deal in May and ordered sanctions against Iran. The first round of sanctions went into force on August 6 and the second round, which targets Iran’s oil exports and banks, were snapped back on November 4.

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Located in Sistan-Baluchestan province, the village is widely famous for being a living museum of potteries, where the in-house expertise has been passed down generations to generations over the course of history.

The Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization has organized a celebration ceremony under the auspices of the World Crafts Council (WCC), CHTH quoted Behrouz Isazadehi, a provincial tourism official, as saying on Tuesday.

Envoys from the WCC– Asia Pacific Region will attend the event as well, Isazadeh added.

Iran has a total of six cities and one village honored with the prestigious WCC tag.

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