Anecdotes of pious men explained

Anecdotes of pious men
Author:	Morteza Motahhari
Subject:	Moral Short Stories
Pub Date:	1960

Anecdotes of pious men (Persian: داستان راستان) is a book by Morteza Motahhari. It is an ethical fiction published in English by Ansariyan in 1993.

Narrative

It is based on historical short story of Islamic references. The book has two volumes, and it contains collections of 125 ethical fiction. Each volume of the book has 75 works of fiction with an ethical theme. The original book was Persian and Saba Zehra Naqavi has translated it to English. Khadim Husayn Naqavi has edited it too.^[1]

Awards

Anecdotes of pious men won UNESCO Award, in 1965.^[2]

Publication

The book was launched in Iran in 1960.^[3] The book was translated to Spanish^[4] and Japanese.^[5]

TV program adaptation

A TV adaptation by Akbar Hor and Huoshang Pakravan was broadcast on IRIB 1 in 1981-1982.^[6]

Notes and References

Web site: Anecdotes of plous men . Staff writers . lib.ir . 20 August 2015 . Persian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074945/http://www.lib.ir/book/47527184/Anecdotes-of-plous-men/ . 4 March 2016 .
http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=157683 Remembering Ayatollah Morteza Motahari
Web site: محجوب: خواندن کتاب "بازرگان" باعث تجدید ایمانم شد/ از کتابداری مانند کفشداران کربلا تا تاسیس انتشارات . Staff writers . Ibna . 20 August 2015. Persian.
Web site: کتاب داستان راستان به زبان اسپانیایی منتشر شد . Staff writers . Rasanews . 20 August 2015 . Persian . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305025205/http://rasanews.ir/NSite/FullStory/News/?Id=151158 . 5 March 2016 . dead .
Web site: ژاپنی ها داستان راستان را می‌خوانند . Staff writers . Rasanews . 20 August 2015 . Persian . https://web.archive.org/web/20160802074457/http://www.rasanews.ir/NSite/FullStory/News/?Id=216855 . 2 August 2016 . dead .
Web site: سریال "گرگ‌ها"؛ شهری خیالی در سریالی شبه‌تاریخی . Staff writers . jamejamonline . 21 July 2014 . Persian.