2008/06/11 - 08:35
During Last 25 Years;
6,300 Titles of Books in the Field of Sacred Defense Were Identified
TEHRAN, (SCIB) - Executive Secretariat of the Festival of “A Quarter of Century, Sacred Defense Book” said: “6,300 titles of books which have been published during last 25 years; have been identified to participate at the festival. It is predicted that this number reaches to 7,000 by the due date of collecting books.”
According to the reporter of Navideshahed; Hossein Zanjani said: “The Festival of “A Quarter of Century, Sacred Defense Book” will be held on May 23rd, 2009. This festival aims at studying events of the last 25 years in the field of written literature of sacred defense. And it will be considered as the literary and cultural report of Islamic Republic of Iran. And identifying weak and good points and making movement in the field of sacred defense are some of major objectives of this festival.”
He further said: “Literature, documentary, researches, art and translation are included in main section of the festival. Literature section includes story and poetry. And documentary section includes documentary literature, memories, writing based on documented realities, reports, wills and war. Research section includes researches conducted in the fields of legal, political, literary and military. Art section of the festival includes graphic and designing covers of books, making books, photograph, fine arts, film scripts and play as well as translation. The mentioned sections are 20 main groups of the Festival of “A Quarter of Century, Sacred Defense Book”.”
In continuation, Hossein Zanjani said: “Considering the fact that children and teenagers books are in far distance with sacred defense period and are not familiar with war literature well, we have made efforts to pay special attention to this field in all groups with a specialist view. 6,300 titles of books which have been published during last 25 years, have been identified to participate at the festival by now. It is predicted that this number reaches to 7,000 by the due date of collecting books on July 10th.”
In conclusion, Zanjani said: “University professors have announced readiness to improve scientific level of the festival. Ministry of Sciences and Islamic Azad University have announced that majority of university professors are ready to cooperate with the festival in order to improve its scientific level. And grounds should be paved in order to communicate more with university professors.”