Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Croatian literary journal highlights Rumi
The Literary Croatian bimonthly Bahar has published a series of articles and reviews on the life and works of the Persian poet Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi in the Croatian language.
Sponsored by the office of the Iranian cultural attaché in Zegrab, the 50-page journal consists of several articles and interviews with scholars on the life and works of Rumi.
It was published on September 30, marking the Persian poet's 800th birth anniversary, Iran's cultural attaché Ehsan Qazizadeh announced.
Croatian cultural figures collaborated on the collection and translation of the articles and the issue includes illustrations by the renowned Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli, Qazizadeh added.
[Picture: The Plitvice Lakes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photo from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia].
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