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Iranian evenings 2021

Finally our journeys into literature - Iranian evenings can now take place for the third time - in digital format!
We would like to thank the virtual House of Literature Bremen for the great cooperation and also the Bremer
Literaturkontor, the Bremen Literature Foundation and the Senator for Culture of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen for their support!
All events take place via Zoom. The links to participate can be found on our website and Facebook page and are active from 15 minutes before the start of the event.
We look forward to your visit!

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…

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