Draft:Atoosa Salehi

Atoosa Salehi ( | born 23 May 1972 in Tehran) is an Iranian writer and poet known for her children's and young adult literature.

Writing career
Salehi's work has included novels, short stories, graphic novels, picture books, and poetry. She has also contributed to children's and young adults’ press, including "Soroosh Nojavan", "Aftabgardan", and "Docharkhe".

Salehi has written and translated over 90 books and won numerous awards, such as Book of the Year. Some of her works have been translated to English, German ,Turkish, and Arabic. She is Ofoq Publishers’ editor for children and young adults’ section.

Atoosa Salehi began her professional career as a writer for young adult magazine Soroush Nojavan in 1999 after winning a writing contest in high school. Her first published works were poems printed in children’s and young adult publications. In her career, she has been in charge of the poetry pages of the weekly magazine and the first Iranian children’s newspaper called Aftabgardan. She has also worked as an editor and expert for several public and private publishing companies.

Salehi is active in various areas of children’s and young adult literature. She published her first book in 1999.

She composes poems, writes illustrated stories for children, writes novels, rewrites Old Persian texts, and also translates occasionally. Atoosa Salehi’s poetic viewpoint is the ring that links all of her works together. Critics recognize her series of Shahnameh Stories as one of the most successful recreations of this significant classic Iranian literary work ever published for children and young adults.

Picture books

 * , Illustrator: Marzieh Sarmashghi
 * ; Illustrator: Haleh Darabi
 * Adventures of Coconut
 * , Illustrator: Atefe Malekijoo
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Novels

 * ; young adult novel
 * Dear Darya, Teaching Poetry in Plain Language, Cheshmeh publishing, 2007; reprinted: 2011.
 * Like All but Like No One, Illustrator: Mitra Abdullahi, Teenage story, Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, 2006; Third edition: 2015.


 * Tales of Shahnameh (12 volume collection of recreations of Shahnameh Tales), Illustrator: Niloofar Mirmohammadi, Ofogh Publishers from 1996 to 2014; 25th reprint: 2024.
 * , Illustrator: Nayereh Taghavi
 * ; children's story, Illustrator: Attieh Markazi
 * Rouzbeh’s Migratory, Illustrator: Nayereh Hesamaddin Tabatabaie, Picture Book, 2017.


 * Genius Nima, 4 volume set, Illustrator: Nasim Bahari, Children’s Graphic Novel, Ofoq Publishers, 2020.
 * Zahhak the Snake Shoulder: A Story with Seven Narrators, Illustrator: Nayereh Taghavi, Children’s Story, Madreseh Publisher, 2020.

Translations

 * A Very Strange Creature, Ronda Armitage, Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, 2013.
 * Boa's Worst Birthday Party, Jane Willis, Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, 2017.

Awards
Statue Diploma of Appreciation for Jafar Pivar Literary Prize – February 2010, (for Parrot and the Merchant) selected by White Ravens, The Munich Library, 2020, (for Zahhak the Snake Shoulder: A Story with Seven Narrators)
 * Golden Diploma of Honor of the First Press Festival of the Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, 1996 (Episode 1 to 3 of Shahnameh).
 * The Golden Diploma of the Seventh Press Festival the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in Poetry Section, November 1996, for Velvet Clouds collection of poems
 * The Golden Diploma of 9th Book Festival of the Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults - March 1999 for Dear Darya
 * First Grade Honorary Medal and Golden Pen of the Eleventh Press Festival of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, August 2004
 * First Grade Golden Medal and Diploma of Honor from the Seventh Press Festival of the Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in the Poetry - November 2005
 * Diploma of Appreciation from the Second Conference on the Celebration of Shahnameh, the National Olympic Academy of Iran – April 2006 (for Collection of Shahnameh Tales)
 * The Prime Prize of teenage story section Second Festival of Women’s Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran, January 2008, (for Like All but like Nobody)
 * Statue and Diploma of Honor, 6th Book of the Season Festival in the Children's Story - Summer 2008 (for Lettuce, My Nice Car)
 * Honorary diploma of the best poetry book from the Children's and Adolescent Contemplation Center Book Fair - March 2008 (for I miss you)
 * Special Introduction by Children's Book Council - March 2009, (for Parrot and the Merchant)
 * Diploma of Appreciation from National Book of the Year - November 2009 (for I Miss You)
 * Special Introduction by Children's Book Council - March 2010, (for I Miss You)
 * selected by White Ravens, The Munich Library, 2010, (for I Miss You)
 * Golden Medal and Diploma of Honor, 15th Festival of Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, Teenage Novel Section, 2012, (for Even One Minute Is Enough)
 * Golden Medal and Diploma of Honor, 17th Festival of Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, Teenage Novel Section, 2012, (for Siavash)
 * Appreciated at Shaheed Beheshti University for Collection of Recreation Books – 2014