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Stories from seven masterpieces of Persian classical literature have been selected for the collection, which will comprise 30 books, coordinator Hossein Fattahi said in a press release on Tuesday.
Nine of the books have been published by Sureh-Mehr, whose main focus is on literary works on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
Authors Sepideh Khalili, Majid Mollamohammadi, Mohammadreza Shams, Mojgan Sheikhi, Zahra Heidari, Farhad Hassanzadeh, Mehr Mahuti and Jafar Ebrahimi are collaborating on the collection, said Fattahi, who is also rewriting a portion of the work.
Qabusnameh, written by Zeyarid ruler Qabus ibn Voshmagir (reigned 978–1012) is one of the works. It contains the advice of a father to his son, Gilan Shah, on how to run a country.
Jami’s most famous collection of poetry Haft Awrang (“The Seven Thrones,” or “Ursa Major”), which is a seven-part compendium, is another work of the collection.
Stories from Sadi’s magnum opus Gulistan (“The Rose Garden”) have been selected for the collection.
Among the highlights are also Rumi’s Masnavi-e Manavi, Marzban Pur-Rostam’s Marzban-nameh and Muhammad Aufi’s
Jawami ul-Hikayat wa Lawami ul-Riwayat.
They have also chosen stories from Kalilah and Dimnah, a book of animal fables, and The Thousand and One Nights, a collection of Oriental stories.
“Children need to be familiarized with their cultural roots, and the great poets and writers of their own country,” Fattahi said.
“The group of authors should simplify the stories in a way that the children understand the works without having to look up words in the dictionary,” he added.
Two books of the collection containing stories from the Haft Awrang and the Gulistan were released early last week.
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.jpg "Covers of copies of the Haft Awrang (R) and the Gulistan")