TEHRAN, April 5--An exhibition of the dailies and periodicals which were published during the Qajar era (mid-19th century to early 20th century) will be held soon, reported CHN.
The display will feature Vaqaye-e Ettefaqieh, which was the first daily to be published during the Qajar era. The number of dailies during that period reached 45.
The Museum Department of Mostazafan and Janbazan Foundation has decided to relocate its museums to Eram Park in western Tehran and the press museum will be housed in one of buildings in the park.
The museum will present the dailies which were published in Iran throughout history in addition to the press of the Qajar era.
Nasim-e Shomal, Shahab-e Saqeb, Kholasatol-Havadess, Ruhol Qodos, Neda-ye Vatan, the 20th Century, Iran, Derafsh-e Kaviani (Kaviani banner), Hablol Matin, Maaref, Akhtar, Qanoun (law) and Mosavat (equity) are among the publications which were in circulation during the Qajar era and will be displayed in the exhibit soon.
The exhibit will also provide visitors with CDs containing information about the press in Iran.

Parvin Etesami

TEHRAN, April 5--The works of the renowned Iranian contemporary poet, Parvin Etesami, mostly focus on philosophical and ethical issues which are considered eternal themes in all cultures.
Expressing this view, an instructor at Mashhad’s Ferdowsi University, Mohammad Taqavi pointed out that the profuse use of allegory in Etesami’s poems stems from her adherence to the rules of traditional poetry and her poetical character.
Speaking to ISNA on the occasion of the poet’s 64rd death anniversary, he referred to the profound link between philosophical literature and anecdote and added that the poet’s creative mind should have the ability to link perception and intelligence to the objects around him/her, in addition to personifying them.
The instructor contended that Etesami’s poetry refers to fictions on the one hand while on the other it teaches the readers ethical and social lessons using artistic backgrounds.
“Changes in these criteria prevented the poetess from gaining the fame and popularity she deserved,“ Taqavi said, adding that when traditional ideas began to decline, she tried to promote obsolete thoughts of her time.
Parvin, the daughter of the late author and translator Yousef Etesami (Etesamol-Molk), was born in Tabriz in 1906.
She composed her first poem in the classical style when she was eight.
During her short life, which stretched for 35 years, she managed to achieve great fame. She passed her life in sorrow and depression. Parvin’s language is closer to that of ancient poets including Manouchehri, Nasser Khosrow, Sadi, Molavi and Hafez.
She liberally used allegories, anecdotes and stories in her poems.
Parvin Etesami married in 1934 and got divorced two months later. She died of typhoid on April 5, 1941 in Tehran and was buried in Qom.

TEHRAN, April 5--The birth anniversary of ancient Iranian scientist Farabi is the best occasion for observing national music day, said a spokesman for Iran’s Music House, Mohammad Sarir.
He told ISNA that Iran’s Music House has decided to designate a day as the ’national music day’.
He said that Iranian composer Kambiz Roshanravan has written to National Cultural Council proposing that Farabi’s birth anniversary be designated as ’national music day’ and Majlis Cultural Commission is expected to study this proposal.
Turning to problems facing music groups, he added that Iran Music House will not spare any effort to help resolve the difficulties of those involved in performing music.
He said that Iran Music House does not have a special budget to meet the financial problems of music groups, but, it would consider the difficulties of Kamkars Music Group and would do its best to help them stand on their own.
“Of course, some groups prefer not to use the resources of Iran Music House and wish to maintain their independence,“ he noted.
Earlier, head of the musical group The Kamkars, Hushang Kamkar complained that the band had not received any financial support from cultural institutions.
Kamkar was criticized cultural institutions for failing to support music groups in Iran.
He said that The Kamkars managed to meet the high maintenance costs because the musicians in the group are members of a family.

Ancient site of Persepolis

TEHRAN, April 5--An Iranian film producer and writer, Fereshteh Taerpour is currently collaborating with German Hessen Television Network to produce a documentary on the ancient site of Persepolis.
She told ISNA that the German film director, Gotz Baloiener, will direct the movie. His earlier documentary ’Passage to Asia’ which was produced in 1975 was broadcast several times on a number of foreign TV networks.
Taerpour noted that a section of the documentary deals with the reconstruction of Persepolis. The cameramen and voice recorders are all Germans.
Persepolis is a historic monument which dates back to the Achaemenid dynasty and is located in Fars province.

TEHRAN, April 5--Concurrent with the congress titled ’Music Schools and Styles and Song of Tazieh in Iran’ 10 CDs featuring the unique songs used in regional Tazieh (passion plays) ceremonies will be released.
Speaking to ILNA, director of the congress, who is also in charge of research for the event, Jahangir Nasr-Ashrafi said that two documentary films on the congress and the veteran Tazieh actors will be produced by Bahman Kiarostami and Amin Aslani and screened in the foreign and local festivals.
“Some outstanding documentary film producers have made preparations to record the performances featured in the congress to be aired by foreign and domestic TV networks,“ he added.
Nasr-Ashrafi further announced that the congress has been rescheduled for April 17-21, adding that inclement weather and the long holidays were among the reasons for the delay in holding the event.

TEHRAN, April 5--A veteran novelist, Jamal Mirsadeqi said that each school of thought in literature has its own criteria which should be observed.
Citing an example of the school of realism in literature, he said that the book ’Haji Agha’ by Sadeq Hedayat and ’School Headmaster’ by Jalal Al-e Ahmad are placed in the category of realism though the style of writing of the two authors are different.
He told ISNA that Persian authors follow different schools of thought in their literary works. “For example, they selected the schools of post-modern realism and naturalism which mainly focus on reality and similarity while the essence of modern school is mainly on imagination and illusion.
“Such literary works follow symbolic techniques, allegory and surrealistic approach. After the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iranian authors have adhered to different schools of thought for their literary works, but, most of them have followed the school of realism,“ he pointed out.
Elaborating on the literary schools, he said that some works which have been created on the basis of imagination and illusion are placed in the category of surrealism.
He said that his novel ’Ebrahim’s Anxiety’ is a symbolic realism because it simultaneously followed the schools of realism and symbolism. “And I applied several schools of thought in my literary work (Roshanan). In other words, I have used a combination of literary schools in my work,“ he concluded.

NEW YORK, April 5--The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal each picked up two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, with no one publication dominating the prestigious annual US awards for print journalism.
According to AFP, the LA Times took the coveted public service award for a ’courageous and exhaustively researched’ series of articles exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital.
The newspaper also won an international reporting award for Kim Murphy’s coverage of Russia’s struggle to cope with terrorism, improve the economy and make democracy work.
Wall Street Journal reporters garnered Pulitzers for beat reporting and criticism.
The Pulitzers were announced at New York’s Columbia University, where the awards will be handed out later this month. Each prize is worth $10,000, except the public service award, which carries a gold medal.
The national reporting prize was won by Walter Bogdanich of The New York Times for a series of stories about the corporate cover-up of responsibility for fatal accidents at railway crossings.
The breaking news Pulitzer went to the staff of The Star-Ledger of New Jersey for the newspaper’s ’clear-headed coverage’ of the resignation of New Jersey’s governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover. And the staff of the Associated Press shared the breaking news photography prize for their portrayal of bloody year-long combat inside Iraqi cities.

TEHRAN, April 5--An exhibition of the most valuable Iranian miniature masterpieces including those from the Teimouri, Safavid and Qajar eras is currently underway in Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Arts.
Fars news agency quoted the museum’s Public Relations Department as saying that the event features a complete collection of miniature works by Kamaleddin Behzad, Soltan Mohammad, Reza Abbasi, Aqa Mirak, Farhad, Amir Khalil, Qawameddin, Mir Mosavvar and Khajeh Ghiaseddin.
Tahmasbi and Baisonqori versions of Shahnameh, ’Khavarannameh’, ’Five Treasures’ and ’Jameo-Tavarikh’ are among the books on display in the event.
Educational workshops for children and young adults will be held in the Eighth Hall of the museum on Sundays and Tuesdays.
The technical aspects of Iranian painting will be taught in simple language using mind games.
Reciting stories with literary themes is also on the agenda. The exhibition is open to the public every day, except Fridays, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. until May 6. On Fridays it is open from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.