How to Become a Cultural Manager

The book “How to Become a Cultural Manager?” is one of the volumes in the “How to Become an Artist” series written by Esmaeil Amini. In this book, you encounter a character who completely lacks art, knowledge, talent, and so on, yet knows well how to conduct interviews. “How to Become a Cultural Manager” is a guide to becoming a manager — specifically, a cultural manager. In this satirical book, social behaviors are critiqued through a narrative that is occasionally ironic and critical, showing in a humorous frame how some individuals have advanced, often in absurd ways, to become significant figures like ministers, deputies, and presidents in this country. Opposite every page of text lies a page with an illustration, enhancing the sense of the book’s humor. Esmaeil Amini highlights various aspects of a competent cultural manager and then humorously discusses those who lack any of the necessary skills but still manage to occupy managerial positions through unprofessional means and strive to cling to them.