Distinguished Iranian author Houshang Moradi Kermani has been nominated for the 2014 Hans Christian Anderson Award.

IBNA: According to Presstv, Noushafarin Ansari, a member of Iran’s Children’s Book Council (CBC), said that the CBC decided to shortlist Moradi Kermani as the nominee
for the prestigious award also known as the Nobel Prize for children’s literature, Press TV quoted IRNA as saying. 

Moradi Kermani is known for his masterful presentation of social issues. His many credits include ‘Majid Stories’, ‘Mommy’s Guest’ and ‘The Boot’.
 
Some of his books have been translated into 20 languages and published worldwide.
The 68-year-old author received the University of San Francisco’s 2000 Book of the Year award and the 1992 Hans Christian Andersen Certificate of Honor. 

He was earlier nominated for Sweden’s 2008 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
Hans Christian Anderson Award is an international award given biennially by the International Board on Books for Young people to authors and illustrators. The prize, given by the Denmark government, was established in honor of Danish author of children’s books
Anderson. 

Argentinean author Maria Teresa Andruetto received the 2012 Hans Christian Anderson Award.

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