Tangsir (novel) on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
''Tangsir'' (also transliterated as ''Tangseer'', in
In 1974, Iranian director, Amir Naderi directed a film of the same name based on the novel. Among the actors were Behruz Vosoughi, Nuri Kasrai, Parviz Fanizadeh, and Enayat Bakhshi.
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: تنگسیر) is a Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
novel written by Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
ian writer Sadeq Chubak. ''Tangsir'' was the author's first novel. The book recounts the valorous acts of the fighters of Tangestan (a region near Bushehr province
Bushehr Province () is one of the 31 Provinces of Iran, provinces of Iran. It is in the south of the country, with a long coastline on the Persian Gulf. Its capital is the city of Bushehr.
The province was made a part of Regions of Iran, Re ...
).
Background
Chubak was a translator of western novels and stories into Persian. Before writing ''Tangsir''. The author translated books including ''Pinocchio
Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel, ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a poor man named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...
'' and some of Eugene O'Neill's plays. ''Tangsir''s events have really occurred in Bushehr in the past. Rasoul Parvizi, an Iranian writer wrote a short story in his 1957 short story collection, ''The Patched Pants'' (in Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: شلوارهای وصلهدار) named ''Shir Mohammad'' (the name of the hero of the ''Tangsir'' novel) and Chubak had been influenced by that story.{{cite web, last=Ghanoonparvar, first=Mohammad Reza, author-link=M.R. Ghanoonparvar, title=چوبک, url=http://www.encyclopaediaislamica.com/madkhal2.php?sid=5580, publisher=Encyclopedia Islamica
The ''Encyclopaedia Islamica'' is an encyclopedia on Islamic studies, Islamic and Iranian studies published by Brill Publishers, Brill, comprising a projected 16-volume translation of selected articles from the new Persian ''Dā'erat-ol-Ma'āre ...
Characters
*Za'er Mohammad *Shahrou *Karim Haj Hamzeh *Mohammad Gondeh Rajab *Agha Ali Kachal *Asatour the Armenian *NayebFilm Adaptation
In 1974, Iranian director, Amir Naderi directed a film of the same name based on the novel. Among the actors were Behruz Vosoughi, Nuri Kasrai, Parviz Fanizadeh, and Enayat Bakhshi.
References