Conversations on Iran

Antonello Sacchetti organizes the meeting "Conversations on Iran"

Antonello Sacchetti. Journalist, writer, expert on Iran organizes a series of meetings entitled "Conversations on Iran"

The meeting on Monday 27 July 2020 was dedicated to the Iranian writer Ahmad Dehghan on the occasion of the translation of his book "The journey in the direction of 270 °" published by Mimmesis edition in collaboration with the Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome.
Translators Dr. Marelli and Dr. Karami, professor of modern Persian language at La Sapienza attended; University of Rome.

Iran. In a cold winter at the turn of the 1986 and the 1987 - the seventh of a grueling and bloody conflict with neighboring Iraq, ruled by Saddām Husseyn - the adolescent Nāser leads a peaceful existence, divided between study and family. Yet despite his tender age, Nāser is a veteran expert. Only a few months have passed since, when he was wounded at the front, Nāser turned his back on the conflict. One day, however, the young man receives a telegram sent to him by the old comrades. Something big, on the front line, seems to be imminent. Tormented by the memory of the last operation and eager to see his former companions, Nāser once again leaves the books and family to go to the front.

Ahmad Dehqān was born in Karaj in 1966. In the early 80s, following the Iraqi invasion and the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), he participated as a volunteer in numerous operations at the front. At the end of the conflict, he graduated in Anthropology. In 1996 his first novel, Journey in the direction of 270 °, was published in Iran, which immediately established itself as one of the most important works on the Iranian literary scene.

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