LECTURES & LITERATURE

    The Iran-Iraq War in Contemporary Persian Fiction

    The Iran-Iraq War in Contemporary Persian Fiction

    Presented by One Book, One Philadelphia

    January 20, 2010


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    Join Rutgers Persian language Professor Paul Sprachman for a discussion on the varied representations of the Iran-Iraq war in Persian literature. Sprachman has translated a number of works from Persian to English, including two works of Iran-Iraq War fiction: Ahmad Dehqan’s Journey to Heading 270 Degrees and Habib Ahmadzadeh’s Chess with the Doomsday Machine. This event is sponsored by the Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania.


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        Tickets: Free

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        Dates:
        January 20, 2010

        Times:
        5:30 pm

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