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Biography:

Jamshid Khanian, Born in 1961, Abadan started his professional career as an author in early 1980s writing two plays “Half a day in inquiry room”, “On the Perch”( Rooy-e- Neybandi) and a collection of short stories. His activity expanded rapidly when he was oriented towards research, review and work in the field of Children’s literature; he has had over 40 books published in different fields of writing. Besides being an author, he has been active as a teacher, expert and a referee in different artistic and literary festivals. His works, which have always attracted the attention of experts, critics and literature graduates, have been the basis of both literary reviews in ISI journals and thesis for graduate as well as postgraduate degrees. Some of his works in drama such as “On the Perch”, “Ismail Ismail”, “A mouth full of crow” and “Repetition” have been the basis for popular plays performed in Iran for the last two decades. In addition, some of his fiction works like “Where is my Josef?”, “Always, The same time, The same game” and “Money” were translated and published into English, Russian and Polish. Some were chosen internationally, namely “The beautiful heart of Babur” by Munich international library of children and the youth (2005), “The western seventh floor” by Ibby London- the international office of books for young generation (2012), “Romance of Jonah in the fish’s belly” by Ibby Mexico (2015). His works have been nominated and awarded in: 20 years of literature, The Book of the season,The Ghanipour’s award, Children Book Council, Roshd books,Monthly journal of Hello Children and Pupak, Institute for the intellectual development of children and young adults, Book of the year of Art Committee in Sacred defense literature, Finally, The Quarter Century Awards of Sacred defense literature in 3 parts of artistic research, teenage novels and plays. He was honored and appreciated as the selected screenwriter, in addition to his lifetime efforts in writing, education, research as well as production in the 36th International Theater Festival in 2017. Khanian is the first Iranian author of Children and juvenile’s literature who was invited to “Black Crow Festival” in Munich international library of children and the youth in 2018.

Jamshid Khanian’s published books:

1. A collection of stories: “Always, The same time, The same game”. (1993) 2. A collection of stories: “Playing on the forbidden line”. (1996) 3. Novel: “Sobur”. (1997) 4. Novel: “The earth’s childhood”. (1997) 5. Novel: “Goodbye Humphrey Bogart”. (1997) 6. Novel: “He”. (1997) 7. A collection of stories: “Nane Delvar”. (1998) 8. Novel: “A role for Kave”. (1998) 9. “A research into text, review and evaluation of 10 Iranian novels”. (2001) 10. A collection of stories, “Selection of contemporary literature”. (2001) 11. The long story: “The Night of the white-eyed cats”. (2001) 12. Historical research of “Xerxes”. (2001) 13. “A collection of dramatic works of war”. (2001) 14. The long story: “The Shark”. (2002) 15. Play: “Ghul-e- Zangi-e Ghaleye Sangbaran”. (2002)

16. Historical research of “Aryans”. (2003) 17. Novel: “The beautiful heart of Babur”. (2003) 18. The long story: “The night Jarvasak will not sing”. (2003) 19. Play: “Romantic words”. (2003)

20. Play: “God save us from Victor Hugo”. (2003) 21. “The drama in war; a research into war plays in Iran and the world”. (2004) 22. “From background to the theme; the review and analysis of 7 short stories”. (2004) 23. “The Holy Defense theatrical Situations”, a research into war plays in Iran and the world”. (2004)

24. Novel: “The elephantine turtle”. (2006) 25. The long story: “Strange distances”. (2007) 26. Novel: “Nahi”. (2007)

27. Play: “The murder of Mr. Kaf”. (2008) 28. Play: “Doubt”. (2008) 29. Novel: “The western 7th floor”. (2008) 30. A collection of stories: “A memory for Naghe_ye_Goosh Shekafteh”. (2008) 31. Novel: “A deep diving”. (2009)

32. Novel: “Par Gheichi”. (2009) 33. Play: “Repetition”. (2009) 34. Play: “In Yahya’s Shirt”. (2009) 35. Play: “On the Perch”. (2009) 36. Play: “A mouth full of crow”. (2009) 37. Play: “The fourth letter”. (2009) 38. Play: “Ismail Ismail”. (2009) 39. Play: “The Thursday”. (2010) 40. Novel: “The romance of Jonah in the fish’s belly”. (2010)

41. Play: “Rakeb”. (2010) 42. play: “Nasery‘s death”. (2011) 43. Play: “The manners of teaching male quail to fight”. (2011) 44. A long story of “A box of pizza for the grilled trapezoid”. (2012) 45. Play: “Small dots at distances very far from the sun”. (2015) 46. Novel: “The dwarf emperor of Lilliput Dreamland”. (2016)

Activities related to writing field:

1.	cooperating with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting in writing a 13- episode puppet show for teenagers called “The idioms”, 1985 2. A cooperation with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting regarding teaching theatre and play, 1987. 3. Cooperating with Education ministry regarding educational affairs in teaching the teenagers about theatre and playwright, 1988. 4.	Working with disabled youth and the war veteran in theatre and play field, 1991 5. Being A member of jury in national children cinema and theatre festivals, 1993 to present 6. Cooperating with Islamic Art and Culture Institute in drama and play field, 2000 7. Teaching at Sooreh University- Tehran and Esfahan branch, 2001-2005 8. Teaching in different art and drama institutes regarding fiction and dramatic literature, 2001- present. 9.	Attending national and international literary festivals, like Tehran University, Esfahan Universityو Academy of Persian language and literature, 2005- present 10. Being a member of specialized council in the House of playwrights 2007-2009 11. Being a member of the provincial baccalaureate council of the cultural, recreational organization of Esfahan municipality, 2007-2014. 12.	Teaching how to write dramatic literature in cultural-recreational organization of municipality in literature department (Ghalamestan), 2015. 13.	Being a member of Cinema Specialty Office, 2016. 14.	Teaching play writing in high council of Iranian affairs abroad in literature department, 2015-2016. 15.	Teaching narrating in small private groups, 2016- present. 16.	Maneger of interal affairs and the reveiew of texts’ council at “Do Rood” publications, 2003- present. 17.	Sustainable presence in teenagers’ groups regarding the study and analysis of my books.attending the teenagers’ groups in the institute of intellectual development of children and young adults in cities like Tehran, Isfaha, Shiraz, Gorgan, Ahwaz, Abadan, Boushehr, Bandar-e- Abbas

Some of Awards and Achievements

1.	(1996) Winner of the Fourth Sacred Defense Annual Book Festival for the novel The Earth’s Childhoods.

2.	(2000) Winner of Twenty Years of Sacred Defense Literature Award in Iran’s Fourth Annual Book Week Festival for the novel The Earth’s Childhoods.

3.	(2002) Winner of the Third Roshd Educational Books Festival for Xerxes.

4.	(2003) Winner of Shahid Ghanipour Annual Book Award for the novel The night Jarvasak will not sing.

5.	(2003) Winner of Iranian Children’s Book Council for The night Jarvasak will not sing.

6.	(2005) Honored by Munich Library for The beautiful heart of Babur. 7.	(2007) Winner of Shahid Ghanipour Annual Book Award for the novel The Elephantine Turtle.

8.	(2008) Winner of the Sixth Annual Book of the Year Award granted by the monthly journals of Salam Bacheha and Poopak for The Night of White-eyed Cats.

9.	(2008) Winner of Annual Children and Young Adults’ Book Festival held by the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults for The Night of White-eyed Cats.

10.	(2008) Winner of Shahid Ghanipour Annual Book Award for the novel Nahi.

11.	(2008) Winner of Spring Book of Choice for the novel Seventh Floor West. 12.	(2008) Winner of Authors’ and Critics’ Book of the Year Prize for the novel The western 7th floor

13.	(2008) Winner of the Annual Children’s Book Council Prize for the novel The western 7th floor.

14.	(2009) Winner of Quarter-Century Sacred Defense Book Award in the field of Young Adult Novel for The night Jarvasak will not sing.

15.	(2009) Winner of Shahid Ghanipour Annual Book Award for the novel The western 7th floor

16.	(2009) Winner of the Fourth Book of Excellence Festival (held on the occasion of the 17th Annual Book Week of the Islamic Republic of Iran) for the novel The western 7th floor.

17.	(2009) Winner of Quarter-Century Sacred Defense Book Award in the field of Dramatic Literature for the play the Fourth Letter.

18.	(2009) Winner of the 7th Isfahan Literary Award for the novel The western 7th floor.

19.	(2009) Winner of Quarter-Century Sacred Defense Book Award in the field of Aesthetic Research for the book Sacred Defense Dramatic situations.

20.	(2010) Winner of Shahid Ghanipour Annual Book Award for the novel A deep diving.

21.	(2012) The western 7th floor Selected for IBBY Honor List (International Board on Books for Young People, London).

22.	(2012) Winner of the Annual Children’s Book Council Prize for the novel The romance of Jonah in the fish’s belly

23.	(2012) Winner of the Mehr-e-Taha Annual Book Award for the novel The romance of Jonah in the fish’s belly.

24.	(2012) Winner of the Lakposht-e-Parandeh gold medal for the novel The romance of Jonah in the fish’s belly.

25.	(2013) Winner of the Mehr-e-Taha Annual Book Award for the novel A box of pizza for the grilled trapezoid.

26.	(2014) The romance of Jonah in the fish’s belly honored by IBBY Mexico.

27.	(2015) Praised by Children’s Book Council for the novel The dwarf emperor of Lilliput Dreamland.

28.	(2017) Praised by the 36th International Fajr Theater Festival as choice playwright, and also for a lifelong assiduity in writing plays, conducting research, teaching and producing theater.

29.	(2018) Jamshid Khanian is the first Iranian Young Adult author from Asia who has been invited by the Munich International Children and Young Adult Library to participate in the “White Crow Festival”.