The author and playwright of the children’s and adolescent literature field said about the state of the children’s book publishing market: “The discussion of books, and children’s books in particular, is a very broad discussion. The reality is that the youth of our time were different from the youth of today, and today there are changing views and Looking to the future, influenced by cyberspace, has made some issues obsolete.
According to the reportSpecialized Association for Children and MediaAccording to the Center’s Public Relations and International Affairs Department, Muslim Ghasemi, while attending the “Night of Empathy with the People of Children and Adolescent Literature” at the Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents, also reminded: Issues such as legends, stories, and history, These are not things that become outdated over time, but the way they are expressed has changed.
The creator of the play “The Dwarf Who Always Screamed” continued: “We must move forward in the way we perform and express what we want to say, in a way that is appropriate for today’s generation. The Center for Intellectual Development has always been a pioneer in this field. Personally, since the beginning of the Center’s activities, I was present at this event as a 14-year-old teenager. The first library of the center was in a warehouse, and I was introduced to this collection from there, and being present at this event was a dream come true and memorable for us.
Ghasemi continued: “Some Iranian writers who had just started writing in those years had interesting works, and in addition, access to foreign translated books was also very interesting for us. One of the important issues is that the books that are published today They must be written with a new perspective and published with a new perspective. At the same time, the focus of children’s and adolescents’ works should still be the issue of “identity.”
The translator of the books “Lamb,” “Rabbit,” and “Chicken” (from the Open, Touch, Look series) added: “Today, the children’s and young adult books you see in countries like China and Malaysia have up-to-date subjects, but when you flip through them and read them, You can easily understand which country’s culture it belongs to and which nation it represents. Unfortunately, since our world has been based on translation and our gaze towards the West from the beginning, today even our writers and painters have less of an identity perspective. countries.”
He added: “Sometimes I really enjoy it when we see that the cultural atmosphere of our country is reflected in some books. Specifically, the Center for Intellectual Development can be a model in this regard. I have personally collaborated with private publishers, but for me, the Center has always been It has and continues to have a special place. I have also done research in European countries in this field and I can say with knowledge that there are perhaps two or three countries in the world that have an institution similar to the Center for Intellectual Development. Those who founded this institution acted in a way that They have still retained traces of their original missions, and I am very happy about that.
Ghasemi also emphasized the improvement of the process of communication between children and adolescent writers and the Center for Education: “Although naturally I have also criticized the Center’s performance over the years, without exaggeration, in recent years I have witnessed good things happening towards improvement.” We have been interacting with writers. It is very important to hold events like this one that honor writers. Writers want nothing but respect and recognition. I hope we will see this two-way communication improve in the future.
On the evening of Azar 5, 1403, a number of writers, poets, researchers, playwrights, and literary scholars held a meeting titled “Night of Empathy for Children and Adolescent Literature” at the Center for Cultural and Artistic Creations of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents. They gathered.