TEHRAN-- Nominees for the four primary classifications of the 15th edition of the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards were announced on Sunday.
Siagalesh by Ebrahim Akbari, Faces of Silence by Mohammad Qaemkhani, Sur by Hossein-Ali Jafari and Azrael: Veteran by Nima Akbarkhani are contending in the novel category.A jury comprising Rahim Makhdumi, Mohammadreza Sharafi and KhabushaMeisam Musavian selected the nominees for this area.
Siagalesh follows an Islamic seminary student called Yusef Rostami who is designated the task of organizing Muharram grieving routines in a village in the Talesh region in northern Iran.
In this unique, the author describes Siagalesh, the legendary guardian of forest animals in the region.In his unique Faces of Silence , Qaemkhani centers on the distinctions occurring from land, books and race in the history of Judaism.
Sur highlights connections between Quds and Karbala by recounting the story of an old Palestinian guy who attends an Arbaeen event.
The novel also offers a deep insight into the condition of the Islamic world between the lines due to the unstable history of Palestine.
In Azrael: Veteran , Major Hamidreza Hedayati is tracking the enigmatic killer Ali Alizadeh on a mission from Tehran to Nicosia in Cypress.The award worth 2.5 billion rials (about $6,250 based on Irans free-market exchange rate: $1 = 400,000 rials) is Irans most lucrative literary prize.Winners of honorable points out each will be awarded 500 million rials.Finalists in the narrative section are The Presidents Driver and Several Other Stories by Salman Kadivar, The Unmarked Grave and Several Other Stories by Emad Ebadi and Lover Virus by Majid Rahmani.The nominees in this classification were selected by a jury made up of Hadi Khorshahian, Yusef Qojaq and Mohammad-Ali Rokni.Five books are contending for the award in the documentation category.
The nominees have actually been chosen by Behnaz Zarrabizadeh, Mehdi Kamus and Gol-Ali Babai.
The books are This Is Syria: Women Are Talking about the War by Zohreh Yazdanpanah, Autumn Arrived by Golestan Jafarian, Poltical Organization of the Bahai Faith by Hamidreza Esmaeili, Aqeela by Elham Amin and The Battle of the Straits by Mostafa Rahimi.A jury comprising Abolfazl Horri, Mahmud Bashiri and Javad Kamvar-Bakhshayesh chose the candidates in the literary evaluation classification.
The candidates are Watching Narrative: Analytical Study of the Method to Transform Story Elements from Narration to Drama by Majid Aqai, Literary Self-Criticism: A Treatise in Self-Criticism in Literary Studies by Mehrdad Nosrati and An Introduction to Comparative Literature: Origins, Theoretical Principles, Challenges by Mansur Pirani.The Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards will be held at Vahdat Hall on January 14.
Picture: A poster for the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards.MMS/ YAW