Narrative of Asrār-Nāma of Attar Nishaburire written by Alireza Roushanwasselected amongst the top ten superior works of children’s literature and also a candidate of the “Turtle award”.
The third annual celebration of presenting of symbol of the Flying Turtle was held on Friday evening (8 Esfand) in the central library of the city.
In the ceremony that the authors, translators and illustrators f books for children and adolescents as well as children and their families were present, specialsigns, flying turtles of gold and silver were awarded to the winners.
The book “tales from Asrār-Nāma of Attar“, (Narrated by: Alireza Roushan, Illustrator: Ghazale Bigdelo/Parse Publication) with 4 other works were cataloged among the other works which could achieve 5 Turtles; eventually, the Father of ESLAG( (Author: David Almond, Illustrator: Dave McCain, Translator: Nasrin Vakili, Afaringan Publication) could win the Golden Turtle.
Alireza Roushan rewrote the Asrār-Nāma from the amendment of Dr. Shafie Kadkani and collected twenty eight tales of the existing anecdotes from Asrār-Nāma and published in a collection in the title of “tales of Asrār-Nāma “.
This book in 1392 along with twenty nine other rewritten works taken from ancient literature, by the publication was translated, compiled by the Parse Book and then published.