Houshang moradi kermani llp

TEHRAN-Eight authors and illustrators and one reading promotion project from Iran have been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) 2025.

A total of 265 candidates from 72 countries and regions have been nominated for the 2025 award, including 81 candidates new from previous years.

The list includes authors and illustrators, as well as storytellers and reading promoters. The laureate will be announced on April 1, 2025.

The Iranian nominees for the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature include authors Houshang Moradi Kermani, Mohammad Mirkiani, Ahmad Akbarpour, and Navid Seyed-Ali-Akbar, illustrators Alireza Goldouzian, Ali Khodaee, and Hoda Hadadi, author /illustrator Reza Dalvand, and Read With Me Organization, Mehr reported.

The global award is given annually to a person or organization for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature.

With a prize of five million Swedish kronor (about $475,000), it is the lar