Name Houshang Kermani | Role Writer | |
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Movies Mum's Guest, The Jar, The Stranger Nominations Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Similar People Dariush Mehrjui, Hushang Ebtehaj, Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani P, Houshang Golshiri, Reza Amirkhani | ||
Robert Wuhl reads "The Vice-Principal"
Houshang Moradi Kermani (born 7 September 1944 at Sirch, a village in Kerman Province, Iran) (Persian: هوشنگ مرادی کرمانی) is an eminent Iranian writer best known for children's and young adult fiction. For his lasting contribution as a children's writer, he was a finalist in 2014 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books.
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Moradi Kermani was born in Sirch, a village in Kerman Province, and was educated in Sirch, Kerman, and Tehran.
Several Iranian movies and TV-series have been made based on his books. In 2006, Dariush Mehrjui directed Mehman-e Maman based on Moradi Kermani's novel with the same title.
Some of Moradi Kermani's books have been translated into English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Arabic, and Armenian. His auto-biography is published in 2005, named "Believe it or not" (Shoma ke gharibe nistid).
He has won many national and international awards which include Hans Christian Andersen Honorary diploma (1992) and University of San Francisco book of the year (2000).