Published
Symphony of the Dead
by Abbas Maroufi
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Qoqnoos Published
Primordiality to Eternity
Critical Study of Symphony of the Dead
By Elham Yekta ___________
Managing Director And Editor In Chief :
ELHAM YEKTA
eyektam@gmail.com
Born in 1965, Yekta started her literary career when she was a college student. Her first book The Death of Color, which is a critical study of Abbas Marufi’s The Symphony of the Dead, was published while she was studying English literature at Tehran University. The book will soon be republished under the title Primordiality to Eternity by Qoqnus Publications.
Some years ago, she formed a literary circle called The Mirrors during which she embarked on the critical study of the modern Persian literature together with the prominent figures of literary criticism and with the presence of the writers. The sessions came out in book form in two volumes and were made available to the interested readers.
Yekta has also written two film scripts entitled Sorush and Eye of Anger. She has served as the editor of Aineha .
Associate Editor : PARGOL M.
Pargol was born in 1997. She is in grade three in primary school. She writes stories and poetry. She is also well-acquainted with computer. She does all the scanning of the pictures of the Aineha Biweekly. She is also tasked with surfing the web and finding required pictures and transferring them.
Translator & Critic : ISMAIL SALAMI
(AKA Ali Salami). Writer, encyclopaedist, editor, translator and university instructor, Salami was born in Tehran in 1968. Salami has written and translated dozens of works ranging from literature to philosophy. Some of his publications include Madmen of History, (Tehran 1999); Persian Fairy Tales (Tehran 1999); A Study of Thirty Great Novels (Tehran 1999); Islamic Views on Human Rights (London 2001; New Delhi 2003); The Divan of Hafiz, (Tehran 2005); A History of Persian Literature, (Tehran 2002); An Encyclopedia of Persian Literature (Tehran 2004); With All My Tears (Selected Poems of Fereydoon Moshiri, Tehran 2002); Another Birth (Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad, Tehran 2003), The Water's Footfall (Selected Poems of Sohrab Sepehri, Tehran 2004); Political System in Iran (Tehran 2005); Iran, Cradle of Civilization (Tehran 2004); A Guide to Tehran (London 2004), and A Dictionary of Journalism (Tehran 2004). Salami has written a dozen articles on Middle East issues many of which have been translated into Italian, Chinese, Spanish, German, Turkish, Dutch and Greek. He served as the editor of Tehran Times from 2003 to 2004 .
- The Aineha takes the liberty of editing and shortening the articles.
- The Aineha will not republish the articles already published.
- The published articles do not necessarily reflect the policy of the Aineha .
- No part of the items may be used without the mention of the source thereof.
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