Houra Publications will soon release four volumes of books centered on Shahnameh (The Book of Kings), a national epic by the renowned Persian poet Abolqasem Ferdowsi.
Iranian storywriter and researcher Seyyed Ali Kashefi Khansari told Fars News Agency that the books will be published to mark the 1,100th birth anniversary of Ferdowsi.
“The first volume covers the lectures presented at a five-day congress ’Child and Shahnameh’ held in May in Tehran,“ he said.
He added that literary figures, including Mohammad Reza Yousefi and children’s book writer Mostafa Rahmandoust spoke at the event.
Kashefi further said that the other volumes include bibliography of revisions on Shahnameh as well as a collection of articles, themed ’Child and Shahnameh’, compiled by Arezou Anvari.