Goethe Institute honors Iranian translator for his contributions to German literature

TEHRAN,May 18(MNA) -- The Iranian author and translator Mahmud Hosseinizad was selected by the Goethe Institute as one of the three winners of this year’s Goethe Medal for his outstanding contributions to German literature in Iran. The Goethe Institute annually honors three non-Germans with Goethe Medals for meritorious contributions in the spirit of the institute. The institute’s website described Hosseinizad as “one of the most important translators of contemporary German literature into Persian.” Since 2000, Hosseinizad translated several books by German authors such as Judith Hermann, lngo Schulze, Uwe Timm, Peter Stamm and Julia Franck into Persian. The Indian publisher Naveen Kishore and the Greek writer Petros Markaris are the two other winners of medal this year. The prize will be presented to the winners during a ceremony on August 28, the birth anniversary of Goethe. The Goethe Institute is a non-profit German cultural association operating worldwide to promote the study of the German language abroad, and encourage international cultural exchange and relations.