Sheikh Muslih od-Din Sadi Shirazi (C. 1213-1291) is one of the greatest figures of classical Persian literature famous worldwide for his Gulistan (The Rose Garden) and Bustan.

Friedrich Schiller is a German dramatist, poet, and literary theorist, best remembered for such dramas as The Robbers (Die Räuber) (1781), The Wallenstein Trilogy (1800–1801), Maria Stuart (1801) and Wilhelm Tell (1804).

The conference will next be held in Shiraz and will later go to the German cities of Berlin and Weimar.

Source:Tehran Times