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Houshang Moradi Kermani (Persian: هوشنگ مرادی کرمانی, also Romanized as "Hūshang Morādi-e Kermāni"; born 7 September 1944 at Sirch, a village in Kerman Province, Iran) is an Iranian writer best known for children's and young adult fiction. He was a finalist in 2014 for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

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, Esperanto, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Arabic, and Armenian. His auto-biography was published by Moin Publishers in 2005, entitled "You're No Stranger Here" (Shoma ke gharibe nistid).

He has won the Hans Christian Andersen, Honorary diploma (1992) and University of San Francisco book of the year (2000).

Houshang Moradi Kermani is a 2018 candidate for the Astrid Lindgren award.

Selected works

  • The Tales of Majid (Ghesseh-ha-ye Majid; قصه‌های مجید) translated by Caroline Croskery
  • The Boot (Chakmeh; چکمه)
  • The Palm (Nakhl; نخل) translated by Caroline Croskery
  • The Tandoor (Tanour; تنور)
  • The Water Urn (Khomreh; کوزه) translated by Caroline Croskery
  • Mommy's Guest (Mehman-e maaman; مهمان مامان)
  • Fist on Hide (Mosht bar poust; مشت بر پوست)
  • You're No Stranger Here (Shoma ke gharibe nistid; شما که غریبه نیستید) translated by Caroline Croskery
  • A Sweet Jam (Moraba ye Shirin;مربای شیرین) translated by Caroline Croskery
Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay
  • Not Awarded (1983)
  • Alireza Davoodnejad and Ebrahim Makki (1984)
  • No winner (1985)
  • Majid Gharizadeh (1986)
  • Masoud Jafari Jozani (1987)
  • No winner (1988)
  • Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1989)
  • Dariush Mehrjui (1990)
  • Yadollah Samadi (1991)
  • Asghar Abdollahi and Hassan Gholizadeh (1992)
  • Dariush Mehrjui (1993)
  • Mohammad-Ali Talebi and Houshang Moradi Kermani (1994)
  • Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (1995)
  • Kamal Tabrizi and Reza Maghsoodi (1996)
  • Majid Majidi (1997)
  • Ebrahim Hatamikia (1998)
  • Tahmineh Milani (1999)
  • Khosrow Sinai and Hamid Farrokhnezhad (2000)
  • Bahram Beyzai (2001)
  • Kambuzia Partovi and Rasul Sadr-Ameli (2002)
  • Parviz Shahbazi (2003)
  • Peyman GhasemKhani (2004)
  • Kambuzia Partovi (2005)
  • No winner (2006)
  • Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Farid Mostafavi, Mohsen Abdolvahab and Naghmeh Samini (2007)
  • Shadmehr Rastin and Reza Mirkarimi (2008)
  • Abolhassan Davoodi and Farid Mostafavi (2009)
  • Homayoun Shahnavaz and Shahram Asadi (2010)
  • Asghar Farhadi (2011)
  • Mostafa Kiayee (2012)
  • Behnam Behzadi (2013)
  • Behrouz Afkhami (2014)
  • Roya Mohaghegh (2015)
  • Saeed Roustayi (2016)
  • Kambuzia Partovi (2017)
  • Kambuzia Partovi / Houman Seyyedi (2018)
  • Mohsen Gharaie and Mohammad Davoudi (2019)
  • Majid Majidi and Nima Javidi (2020)
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