The Tradition of Censorship in Iranian Literature


The Tradition of Censorship in Iranian Literature

A public lecture by Shahryar Mandanipour


Monday, November 27, 2006
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Los Angeles, CA 90095

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Shahryar Mandanipour is the chief editor of Asr-e Pandjshanbeh (Thursday Evening), a monthly literary journal published in Shiraz.  He won the Mehregan Award for the best Iranian children's novel of 2004 and the Golden Tablet Award in 1998 for best fiction of the past 20 years in Iran.  His fiction includes the novels Ultramarine Blue; Violet Orient; The Courage of Love; Midday Moon; Mummy and Honey; The Eighth Day of the Earth; and The Shadows of the Cave, as well as the children's books One Thousand and One Year and The Secret.

This lecture is part of the Center's Persian Lecture Series.

Lecture will be delivered in Persian.


Cost : Free

Peter Szanton, Center for Near Eastern Studies
(310) 825-1455
pszanton@international.ucla.edu

www.international.ucla.edu/cnes


Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies