Many Iranian and Turkish literary scholars are to attend the second round of conference on Persian poet Saâ„¢adi and Turkish mystic Yunus Emre in Ankara.
Turkish organizer, Yunus Emre Cultural Center, has programmed to host the meetingâ„¢s participants in Ankara University on May 30 and 31, 2013.
The program will focus on the life and works of Persian poet Saâ„¢adi and Turkish mystic and poet Yunus Emre.
The literary delegation is also slated to visit Persian mystic and poet Mowlaviâ„¢s mausoleum in Konya and then will attend several cultural programs in Istanbul.
The first round of the meeting was held in two Iranian cities of Tehran and Saâ„¢adiâ„¢s hometown Shiraz.
Organized by Tehranâ„¢s Book City Institute, the programs in Iran were held on April 16 and 17 as well as a particular program that was presented on National Saâ„¢adi Day on April 21, 2013.
Turkish scholars including Hicabi Kirlangic of Ankara University and Mustafa Cicekler of Istanbul University were among the foreign guests
Å“The great classical Persian poet Saâ„¢adi and the renowned Turkish literary master Emre have many similarities in the style and form of their works,” Deputy Director of Book City Institute Ali Asghar Mohammad Khani had earlier said in an interview.
Born in Shiraz in 1194 CE, Sa’adi is best-known for his books Boustan and Golestan which present a peculiar blend of human kindness and cynicism, humor, and resignation in the form of stories and personal anecdotes.
Sa’adi is known world-wide for one of his aphorisms, which adorns the entrance to the Hall of Nations of the United Nations building in New York.
Andre du Ryer was the first European who presented Saâ„¢adi to the West by means of a partial French translation of the Golestan (The Rose Gaden) in 1634.
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This article originally appeared on: Press TV