Literature oral history narrated by Sepanlou to be published
2015-11-8
In an interview with IBNA, Mohammad Hashem Akbariani, poet, author and journalist, said: “‘Oral History of Poetry in a Dialogue with Mohammad Ali Sepanlou’ was not approved for publication by the Culture Ministry of the former Iranian administration, but it was published abroad.”
“The book is now sent for approval and receiving publication by Salles Institute to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and we hope it will soon be on the market inside the country. He added that there is a possibility of a few amendments to the publication of this book,” he said
Akbariani continued that Sepanlou himself loved to have his book published in Iran. He believed that his main audience lived inside the country and not abroad. Sepanlou was very upset about banning this book in Iran and complained about this issue a few times in interviews with the Iranian press.
The poet of the collection ‘Half-mist of Happiness’ continued: “Of course, the book of “The poet of Tehran” was well-received abroad. Mohsen Faraji and Ardavan Amiri Nejad began this interview which lasted about 6 years, that is from early 1991 to late 2001. And the reason for this length of time was Sepanlou’s very strong memory for recounting events and trips which he took.”
Akbariani explained that the first five volumes of ‘Oral History of Poetry in a Dialogue with Mohammad Ali Sepanlou’ was published by Zarnegar publications.
Mohammad Ali Sepanlou was born in Tehran in the year 1940 and died last April in Sajjad hospital in Tehran. Over 60 books on poetry, translation and research have been published from him.
Among his works, one can refer to ‘Time of Hope’, ‘Lady of the Time’, ‘Taking the Pulse of my Homeland’, ‘Rafting in Tehran’, ‘Streets, Deserts’, ‘The Anthology of the Anonymous Poet’, ‘Belonging and Watching’, ‘Recreating Reality’, ‘In Search of the Truth’, and ‘ A Thousand and One Poems’.
Sepanlou was known as the “Poet of Tehran”. In his poems, he describes Tehran as a kind mother who has given the chance of living to all citizens.
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