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27th Book of the Year Award wrapped up

  27th Book of the Year Award wrapped up

Closing ceremony of the 27th Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran was held yesterday in the presence of the Iranian President Dr Mahmud Ahmadinejad, head of the parliamentary cultural commission Dr Gholamali Hadad Adel and minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad Husseini.

"Books are the most glorious, efficient means to register ideas and culture," said Iranian President Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the closing ceremony of the 27th Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Akbar Nazemi
9 Feb 2010 16:34
In the unveiling ceremony of "Revolution" picture book, Akbar Nazemi said: photojournalists are the consciousness of people and register the historical moments. After 30 years I have chosen 101 photos from among 4 thousand I had taken during the revolution to publish in a book.
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"Global feedback of the Islamic revolution"
Iran
9 Feb 2010 16:34
Rendition of Iran's Constitution into some 30 languages of the world was unveiled yesterday in the closing ceremony of the 27th Book of the Year Award of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Iran's Constitution in 30 languages
We awaited fiction winners
9 Feb 2010 15:39
As none of the submitted works for the 27th Book of the Award managed to win the award in the fiction category, executive manager of the Book House Institute Ali Shojaei Saein said he expected to see winners in the category.
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Journalist Ian Brown wins $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for non-fiction
9 Feb 2010 13:15
Journalist Ian Brown won the $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction Monday for his touching book about his child's rare genetic mutation.
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Helping the blind to read more books
Iran to attend ADIBF
9 Feb 2010 12:31
As a representative of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), Iran Cultural Fairs Institute (ICFI) will attend Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) which is slated to run 1-7 March 2010.
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Pakistani publishers absent from World Book Fair
Alhoda publications in Belarus Book fair
9 Feb 2010 12:19
Alhoda international publication house, an affiliate of Islamic culture and relations organization, will take part in Belarus book fair in Minsk for the first time.
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Academic books travel to Public Libraries
Provincial book fairs to wrap up in Qazvin, Isfahan
9 Feb 2010 11:48
Provincial book fairs will conclude this year with holding fairs in Qazvin and Isfahan which will be held in the last month of the Iranian calendar (Isfand).
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Books sold like hotcakes
The 27th edition of Islamic Republic of Iran Book of the Year Award-2
9 Feb 2010 11:25
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The 27th edition of Islamic Republic of Iran Book of the Year Award-1
9 Feb 2010 11:19
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2nd specialized children and youth book fair
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad Husseini visits Iran Book News Agency (IBNA)
Shahid Motahhari
8 Feb 2010 17:50
"Society and History" by Shahid Motahhari in Kenyan language was unveiled in the opening ceremony of the Iranian art exhibition in Kenya by Iranian cultural attaché.
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7th Int’l “Bismillah” festival to kick off
The World Book of the Year laureates announced
8 Feb 2010 17:27
The laureates of the 17th World Book of the Year have been announced. The awarded writers are from Greece, Netherlands, France, United States, Britain, Germany, Egypt, Russia, Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Georgia, Tajikistan and Spain.
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27th Book of the Year Award laureates announced
27th Book of the Year Award laureates announced
8 Feb 2010 17:12
Laureates of the 27th edition of Islamic Republic of Iran Book of the Year Award will receive their awards and testimonials in the award’s closing ceremony. In this edition selected works were announced in 9 categories. The closing ceremony of Book of the Year Award kicked off today at 3pm in Vahdat hall.
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The World Book of the Year laureates announced
Names of Book of the Year Jury members
Mehdi Ghabraee and Kazuo Ishiguro
8 Feb 2010 16:53
Mehdi Ghabraee's Persian translation of Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go" is now available in book shops. Ghabraee describes this novel as "Moving".
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Persian Academy publishes Divan Atighi
10 volume book about the cultural achievements of Islamic Revolution
8 Feb 2010 16:33
In the unveiling ceremony of "These days", a 10 volume book about the cultural achievements of the Islamic Revolution, it was announced that in order to send the cultural message of the revolution to other countries the book will be translated into English and Arabic.
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“Islamic Revolution in martyrs’ will” to be unveiled
Culture Minister meets his Turkish Counterpart
8 Feb 2010 16:18
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Dr Mohammad Husseini met with his Turkish counterpart Ertuğrul Günay. In the meeting he marked the long-lived relations between the two countries.
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Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West
Majlis library reserve to be published online
8 Feb 2010 15:50
The final title of the Manuscripts, Lithographic Books and Documents Databank will be announced tomorrow (Tuesday, February 9, 2010) in a ceremony by head of the Majlis Library, Museum and Documents Center.
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Library space per capita rises to 8m2
Books for conveying message of Nowruz to children
8 Feb 2010 14:30
Attending a press conference on Sunday, the head of the Islamic Communication and Relations Organization (ICRO) said that cultural packages will be donated to children and Iranian’s 2nd and 3rd generations who reside abroad.
Id: 62118
65 new books for children and teens
Saul Bellow’s Humboldt
8 Feb 2010 14:19
“Humboldt's Gift” a work by American writer, Saul Bellow has been rendered into Persian for the second time.
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Sarraute aimed to redefine words
China and Taiwan negotiate E-book standards
8 Feb 2010 13:44
Representatives from Taiwan's economic affairs ministry and information technology industries are in China to negotiate standards for the booming E-books industry.
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Iran donates Arabic books to Ethiopia
125 selected online books
8 Feb 2010 13:36
Some 125 selected books of Society for the Appreciation of Cultural works and Dignitaries have been presented to Iraket virtual library.
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Iranseda house to new audio books