Hamid Reza Shahabadi
| Hamid Reza Shahabadi | |
|---|---|
| Native name | حمیدرضا شاه آبادی |
| Born | 1967 (age 56–57) Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Iranian |
| 💼 Occupation | |
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Life[edit]
Hamid Reza Shahabadi, author, researcher and chief editor was born on May 24th 1967 in Tehran. While still young, he got interested in writing stories. Meanwhile, he was experiencing cinematography and theater.[1]
Biography[edit]
His first story for adults was published in 1989 in a weekly magazine. It was the story of a lonely village girl who travels to Tehran with her husband. Being a stranger in Tehran, one night, after fighting with her husband, she leaves home. Since she has no place to go to, after some happenings she gets back home.
He started studying history in 1988. He got very much fond of history and historical events. After a while, he set up a close relationship between history and literature. He concentrated on two areas: writing stories and historical-literary research.
Most of his stories have historical theme. However, in all of them, he focuses on todays’ children’s, adolescents’ and girls’ problems in present Iran society.
- A Lullaby for the Dead Girl, selected as the best novel in a decade (2000-2010), is about selling girls over a period. It also reviews girls’ present problems.[2]
- In When Moji was Lost he deals with the issue of girls running away from home.
In the best-selling and very successful three-volume collection Gate of the Dead, it examines the subject of child labor from the past to the present.
Shahabadi has MA in history. He has been a teacher for years. Then, he has joined Kanoon and worked in this organization for 18 years as editor and Kanoon publication manager. He has been Iran delegate in UNESCO Cultural Center in Asia and Oceania. He received two scholarships in 2000 and 2008 to do research in Munich International Library. At present, he is a member of board of the Association of Children and Adolescent Writers.
Publishing 30 books, obtaining 35 national awards, introducing some of his books in the White Raven Catalogue, a credited book list, and some of his books being translated into Arabic, Turkish and Kurdish is the result of Hamid Shahabadi’s 30 years of his activity in children literature domain.[4]
- In When Moji was Lost he deals with the issue of girls running away from home.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Hamidreza Shahabadi".
- ↑ "لالایی برای دختر مرده" (in فارسی).
- ↑ "وقتی مژی گم شد" (in فارسی).
- ↑ "IIDCYA announces nominees for Astrid Lindgren Award".
External links[edit]
- Hamidreza Shahabadi
- A Lullaby for the Dead Girl
- When Moji was Lost on Goodreads
- IIDCYA announces nominees for Astrid Lindgren Award
- Iranian association announces nominees for 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
- Kanoon Nominees to Receive Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Introduced
- A new season of "Danaie Tavanie" on Radio Namayesh
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