A New Prologue to the Shahnameh
AuthorBahram Beyzai
Original titleدیباچه‌ی نوین شاهنامه
TranslatorMohammad Mehdi Khorrami & Pari Shirazi
Cover artistAydin Aghdashloo
CountryIran
LanguagePersian
GenreScreenplay
Publication date
1990
Published in English
2008
Pages118
ISBN964-5512-35-2

A New Prologue to the Shahnameh (Persian: دیباچه‌ی نوین شاهنامه) is an unproduced screenplay by Bahram Beyzai, written in 1986 and first published in 1990. It consists of an imaginary account of the life and times of Ferdowsi.

Abdolali Dastgheib praised the book in an extensive review and, later, among others, Soheila Najm studied it in a series of articles.

In English

An English translation appeared in 2008 in an anthology named Sohrab's Wars:

  • Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi and Pari Shirazi. Sohrab's Wars: Counter Discourses of Contemporary Persian Fiction, A Collection of Short Stories and a Film Script. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers, 2008. ISBN 978-1-56859-224-4

See also

References

  • Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi. Literary Subterfuge and Contemporary Persian Fiction: Who Writes Iran? London: Routledge. 2015.
  • دست‌غیب، عبدالعلی. "فیلمنامه: دیباچهٔ نوین شاهنامه." چیستا. 1992.
  • نجم، سهیلا. "بررسی فیلمنامه‌ی دیباچه‌ی نوین شاهنامه: مجموعه‌یی از نشانه‌ها و تمثیل‌ها در ارتباط با دنیای ذهنی نویسنده." نقد سینما. 2009.
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