Kurt Scharf talking about contemporary Iranian poetry

In the volume Halt aus in der Nacht bis zum Wein, Kurt Scharf compiles poetry from the years 1941 to 1979, an epoch that he himself describes as the golden age of Persian poetry.
The poems are enlivened by Scharf's sensitive translation in a splendor that gives German-speaking readers an authentic insight into the world of Persian poetry.
Kurt Scharf was deputy director of the Goethe-Institut in Tehran as well as director of the Goethe-Institut in Porto Alegre, Istanbul and Lisbon. He is also a founding member of the House of World Cultures and worked there as head of the literature, society and science department. He translates literature from Persian, Portuguese and Spanish.
He is currently working with Ali Abdollahi on a sequel to Night Stop Until Wine. Ali Abdollahi will read a selection of the Persian poems as a guest author.

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