50th Anniversary of Kanun by Kourosh Beigpour

50th Anniversary of Kanun by Kourosh Beigpour

The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, otherwise known as Kanun, was in many ways a unique cultural institution that took shape some fifty years ago in Iran. The intention was to introduce children and young adults to culture and learning, such as libraries, books, music, film and theater. Not only Tehran, but far and wide, Kanun made it possible for children throughout Iran to be introduced to these facets of culture. Those who worked at Kanun became leading artists, writers and intellectuals of the 20^th and the early 21^st century Iran.

Those who were brought up in Iran in the past five decades understand and appreciate the importance of Kanun, so it is befitting to have a volume in honor of all the children, young adults, women and men who were part of this great cultural center of Iran in the 20^th century. This book is a visual record of the cultural output of that institution, along with several essays by those who were involved in Kanun. I hope that Kanun continues to educated and inspire succeeding generations of children who live in that land. Luckily, Kanun is active and alive, and moves at its own pace to educate Iranian children and young adults all over the country.

For reasons that are self evident, the focus of this book is on the pre-Revolutionary period of Kanun. This is because there are important figures and actors in Kanun from its inception till the 1979 Revolution now living in Orange County, California. I would like to thank Mr. Noureddin Zarrinkelk, Don Laffoon, Hossein Samakar and Reza Goharzad for making it possible to take on such a project. There are many people who are not mentioned by name here or in the book, but their place will always be known among those who lived the Kanun life. In the end I would like to thanks Mr. Majid Zarrinkelk and a host of local supporters for making the publication of this book possible. Lastly, I would like to thank Mr. Kourosh Beigpour who diligently worked on preparing this book.

TOURAJ DARYAEE is Howard Baskerville Professor in the History of Iran and the Persianate World, and Associate Director of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies at the University of California, Irvine. He works on the history of ancient and early medieval Iran, and is the editor of the International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies. His book Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire was awarded the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BSMES) book prize.

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ISBN 13	9781780834726
ISBN 10	1780834721
Title	50th Anniversary of Kanun
Author	Kourosh Beigpour
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	H&s Media
Year published	2016-03-17
Number of pages	98
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.