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Book of poems by Iranians encourages Japan quake victims
TOKYO, Aug. 27 Kyodo -
The Japan Foundation is promoting a book featuring short poems written by Iranians to encourage people affected by the March earthquake and tsunami.
The ''Haikushu: Kibo'' (Haiku poem anthology: Hope) contains about 50 three-line Persian poems translated into Japanese. The short poems are widely called haiku in Iran, as they share the same three-line format with the Japanese verse form.
The poems were selected from among about 250 pieces that poem enthusiasts in Iran composed for an event at the University of Tehran in May. The organizer asked participants in write pieces expressing sympathy for the disaster-affected victims in Japan.
Ghodratollah Zakeri, 35, a researcher on Japanese studies at the university who organized the event, said Iran also has a lot of earthquakes and that the book conveys the message that Iranians will never forget the people of the disaster-affected areas in the eastern and northeastern Japan.
The foundation, which recently received some 600 copies of the book, said it is ready to provide them mainly for libraries as well as individuals in the disaster areas.
The Japan Foundation is promoting a book featuring short poems written by Iranians to encourage people affected by the March earthquake and tsunami.
The ''Haikushu: Kibo'' (Haiku poem anthology: Hope) contains about 50 three-line Persian poems translated into Japanese. The short poems are widely called haiku in Iran, as they share the same three-line format with the Japanese verse form.
The poems were selected from among about 250 pieces that poem enthusiasts in Iran composed for an event at the University of Tehran in May. The organizer asked participants in write pieces expressing sympathy for the disaster-affected victims in Japan.
Ghodratollah Zakeri, 35, a researcher on Japanese studies at the university who organized the event, said Iran also has a lot of earthquakes and that the book conveys the message that Iranians will never forget the people of the disaster-affected areas in the eastern and northeastern Japan.
The foundation, which recently received some 600 copies of the book, said it is ready to provide them mainly for libraries as well as individuals in the disaster areas.
