Science and Poetry in Medieval Persia

van Ruymbeke Wins Iran’s Book of the Year Prize

Congratulations to Cambridge Professor Christine van Ruymbeke, winner of the World Prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ruymbeke will travel to Tehran to receive official gold prize coins in a ceremony with President Ahmedinejad himself. Van Ruymbeke’s study of medieval Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi examines this difficult poet’s […]