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The World Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media supports, develops and promotes the dramatic and fine arts, creative writing and poetry, as well as professional journalism and media productions. WAALM regularly identifies and rewards excellence, inspires practitioners, and benefits the public, by means of awarding events. WAALM as the awarding body of Persian Golden Lioness Awards has conducted two notably successful events in which over 50 celebrities and laureates have been awarded, among whom there has been many Persian compatriots as well as non-Persians who have significantly contributed to the Persian culture. WAALM was formed by Prof. Dorbayani and his spouse Dr. Marjan Abdi in 2005. WAALM hereby proudly announces the award winners of 2008 in category of Literature, who shall receive the Persian Golden Lioness statuette OR Diploma & Gold Medal of Excellence.
Category of Literature
- Prof. Dr. Richard Davis, Best Translation of Shahnameh (The book of kings) - Prof. Dr. Kaveh Farrokh, Best History Book (Shadows in the Desert) - Prof. Dr. Patrick Hunt, Best Iranian Studies (Including Engineering An Empire, Persian) - Drs. Vesta & John Curtis,OBE, Best Research (Ancient Iran) - Mr. Eric Jerpe, Best Novellet Fiction (The return of Scheherazade) - Ms. Ren A. Hakim, Best Screenplay (Xerexes)
Professor Davis He was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1945, and educated at the universities of Cambridge (B.A. and M.A. in English Literature) and Manchester (PhD. in Medieval Persian Literature). He has taught at the universities of Tehran (Iran), Durham (U.K.), Newcastle (U.K.), and California (Santa Barbara) and is currently Professor of Persian and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Ohio State University. He lived for 8 years in Iran, as well as for periods in Greece and Italy. As author, translator or editor, he has produced 20 books; besides academic works, he has published translations of prose from Italian and poetry and prose from Persian, and six books of his own poetry. His particular interest is medieval Persian poetry, but he is also concerned with the history and problems of verse translation. His published works include translations of the Manteq Altair of Attar (1984, with Afkham Darbandi); an edition of Fitzgerald's translations of Khayyam (1990), The Legend of Seyavash of Ferdowsi (1992), and Epic and Sedition: A Study of Ferdowsi's 'Shahnameh' (1992);translations of medieval Persian epigams, Borrowed Ware (1996): and a comic novel by Iraj Pezeshkzad entitled My Uncle Napoleon (1996). His most recent publications are 'Panthea's Children: Hellenistic Novels and Medieval Persian Romances' (2002), and three volumes of translations from the Shahnameh (1998, 2000, 2003, 2006).
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The Shahnameh or the Persian Book of Kings chosen as a “Book of the Year”, by The Washington Post in 2006. Prof. Davis has won more than 15 awards for his outstanding publications. Professor Farrokh He was born in Athens, Greece (September 24, 1962), and is of Ossetian and Azari descent. From an early age he exhibited a keen aptitude and interest in history. His talents were first recognized in 1980, during his senior year at the Institut Chateaubriand in Cannes, France, where he was granted the Leonardo Da Vinci prize for high achievement in history from the mayor. Dr. Farrokh went on to obtain his undergraduate arts degree in May 1985 and his Ph.D. on September 24, 2001 from the University of British Columbia, where he specialized on the cognitive and linguistic processes of Persian speakers. As a result of his life experience, education, and studies of linguistics, Dr. Farrokh now speaks English, German, French, and Persian. He also has a working understanding of at least three living languages, Provencal, Italian, Dutch, and Kurmanji Kurdish, as well as two ancient languages, Latin and Pahlavi. He has also lived in and traveled to several countries, including West Germany, East Germany, France, England, Belgium, Italy, Russia, and Iran. Kaveh has collected data and primary sources on Sassanian cavalry for 18 years resulting in travels to locations such as Naghsh-e-Rustam (Iran). He has given lectures and seminars in the University of British Columbia, Stanford University and the Knowledge Network Television Program of British Columbia and has written articles for various journals. Kaveh at Langara College is also a Learning Psychologist and has a speciality in Learning Disabilities. He is the author of 'Elite 110: Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642' and 'Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War'. Dr. Farrokh has been writing since the early 1990's and has contributed articles to internationally recognized academic journals such as the International Journal of the Sociology of Language and chapters for books such as the International Book of Dyslexia: A Cross-Language Comparison and Practice Guide (Wiley, 2004). He has lectured at the University of British Columbia's Persian Legacy series and has provided seminars at Stanford University's WAIS (World Association of International Studies) conference. He is now a member of WAIS. The History Channel has also interviewed and filmed Dr. Farrokh on the topic of technology in ancient Persia for the series Engineering an Empire (which appeared in 2006). He also serves as a member of the Persian Gulf Preservation Society. Kaveh Farrokh currently teaches sessionally at the University of British Columbia's Continuing Studies Division. Kaveh’s latest publication, “Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War” (April 2007) has received high acclaim from world-class scholars such as Lloyd Llewellyn-Jone of the Department of Classics at the University of Edinburgh, professor Nikoloz Kacharava (MD, PhD) of the Tbilisi State University, and professor Patrick Hunt of the Department of Classics at Stanford University. The foreword of the book has been written by the world’s top scholar, Harvard University Professor Emeritus Richard Nelson Frye. It is the collective opinion of these schoalrs that the book is balanced, neutral and contains some of the latest research in the field. For more, please visit www.waalm.com.
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