{"id":7871,"date":"2009-06-09T18:22:57","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T18:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/?p=7871"},"modified":"2016-02-12T09:05:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T09:05:07","slug":"shiraz-to-honor-goethe-and-hafez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/shiraz-to-honor-goethe-and-hafez\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiraz to Honor Goethe and Hafez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- onsite-txt --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9334026102155055\" data-ad-slot=\"2911505360\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\nIran is preparing to hold the West-Eastern Divan festival to commemorate the renowned literary figures, Goethe and Hafez.<\/p>\n<p>A German delegation will arrive in the Iranian city of Shiraz in two days to participate in the event. Germany will hold a similar festival in August 2009 in the city of Weimar.<\/p>\n<p>Headed by the event&#8217;s German artistic director, Klaus Gallas, the 35-member team will also visit the cities of Isfahan, Rey and Yazd as well as the Sa&#8217;ad Abad cultural complex and the historical sites of Persepolis and Pasargadae. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/images\/news\/Hafez-Goethe-memorial.JPG\" alt=\"Hafez-Goethe memorial, Weimar, Germany\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Hafez-Goethe memorial, Weimar, Germany<\/em><br \/>\nThe event will also include lectures, Goethe and Hafez readings, exhibitions by contemporary Iranian artists, and traditional and pop music concerts.<\/p>\n<p>Two German orchestras, led by Iranian conductors will perform during the inauguration and closing ceremonies of the event, Mehr News Agency cited Deutsche Welle.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gallas, the event will be held annually in Weimar and a partner city in Iran or in the Arab world.<\/p>\n<p>The West-Eastern Divan festival is named after an 1819 collection of poems by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, which was influenced by the works of the Persian poet, Hafez.<\/p>\n<p>Goethe is considered one of the key figures of German literature and the Weimar Classicism movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his beautiful lyrical poems, Hafez has greatly influenced numerous Persian and western writers and poets. <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran is preparing to hold the West-Eastern Divan festival to commemorate the renowned literary figures, Goethe and Hafez. 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