Soroush releases The Days



18 February 2013

Soroush Publishing Company has published the Days, prominent Egyptian writer Taha Hussein’s autobiography, in Persian in Iran.

IBNA: The book is rendered into Persian by the late Hussein Khadiv Jam. It encompasses Hussein’s life events since his childhood.

Considered by many as one of the greatest historical documents on contemporary history, the original version of the book is published in three volumes with Hussein as its main character.

The book begins with Hussein’s childhood and his blindness and the difficulties that it brought him in the society.

Graduation from university, journey to France, receiving PhD and returning to Egypt and conducting university courses are some of the main topics of the autobiography.

The Persian translation of the book is arranged in 387 pages and is published by Soroush Publishing Company in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Taha Hussein (November 15, 1889—October 28, 1973) was one of the most influential 20th century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab World. His sobriquet was "The Dean of Arabic Literature".



 
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