On the 13th of March Evgeniya Leonidovna Nikitenko delivered a lecture “Stop Telling Tales! A Poetry in Iran at the Beginning of the 20th Century”. The event took place at the Centre of Oriental Literature of the Russian State Library.

E.L. Nikitenko, the Candidate of Historical Sciences, the Associate Professor of the Faculty of Humanitarian Sciences of the Institute of Classical East and Antiquity of the National Research Institute “High School of Economics”, spoke on the development of poetry in Iran in the 20th century, its forms, items and the specific features of its language. 

The event was organized and held in the framework of collaboration between the Centre of Oriental Literature of the Russian State Library, the Institute of Civilizations and Ibn Sina Foundation.