This year, after the primary selection of more than 2500 books in different fields of Islamic and Iranian Studies, 179 books were assessed, from which 10 books entered the final stage of evaluation.
IBNA- Iran’s Book House Institute announced the regulations for participation at the international conference “Role of Munshi Newal Kishore in the Development of Persian Language and Literature in the World”.
The 1st Triennial Regional Book Awards will be held in Moscow, Fall 2016.
During his meeting with the scientific secretary of the World Award for Book of the Year and a group of Persian Literature professors and students, Master Dr Mohammadreza Shafiei Kadkani emphasized that translating Shahname into other languages is valuable and appreciable.
In a meeting with the executive board of the 24th World Award for Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the scientific secretary made an emphasis upon the promotion of the scientific credibility of the award.
In order to identify and introduce valuable books on Iranian and Islamic studies in the Russian-speaking countries, the Secretariat of the World Award for Book of the Year of the I.R.I will hold the 1st Triennial Regional Book Award ceremony for the first published books in Russian language during the last two years 2014-2015. Entries must have been published in Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States.