The presentation of Dehghan's book, "Journey in the Direction 270 °"
Iran's Cultural Institute in Rome in collaboration with the Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East (ISMEO) organizes the meeting for the presentation of the book of Ahmad Dehghan entitled "Journey to 270 direction”Which will be held on November 20 at 17:00 pm in the Spinelli room located in the ISMEO headquarters in Rome in Palazzo Baleani (Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 244).
Speakers include:
Akbar Gholi, director of the Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome
Michele Marelli
Franco Recanatesi
Leila Karami
Moderator
Antonello Sacchetti
With the presence of the author, Ahmad Dehghan
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.
First-hand experience of the largest conflict in the Middle East, the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988: "about 680.000 dead and missing, 1.820.000 wounded and disabled, 115.000 prisoners of war, and a total cost of approximately 1.100 billion dollars "; a wound not forgotten among the Iranian people.
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.
Wednesday November 20 2019
Hours: 17,00
Sala Spinelli
Baleani Palace
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 244 Rome