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Mehdi Hejvani
B. 21 March 1960
Tehran – IRAN

 

 
 

EDUCATION:

 
Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
PhD, 2006, Art Studies Dept, Art Faculty
Thesis: Aesthetics Approach to Children’s Literature
 
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
M.A., 1998, Art Studies Dept, Fine Art Faculty
Dissertation: Characterization in fictional Literature
 
B.A., 1989, Dramatic Literature, Art University
 
Tehran and Qom Howze (Clerical Schools)
Moqaddamat Level (Premiere Courses and Course Works), 70s, Islamic Studies
 
 
 

EXPERIENCE:

 
Professor, Azad University, Islamshahr unit
 
Expert of Childdren’s Books, Culture & Islamic Guidance Ministry, 1982 - 1985
 
Chief Editor, Ofoq Publishers, 1989 – 2009
 
Consultant, Ghadiani Publishers, 1989 – 2009

 

Supervisor, The Categorical Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature, Shiraz University

 
Participating as the lecturer in the scientific conference of pathology of critique and theory of children’s literature, Shiraz university, 2008

 

Scientific advisor, the second conference of children’s literature (children and youth’s fiction) Shiraz University, 2009-09-27

 
Recipient, Two Research fellowships, supported by International Youth Library - in Munich (Germany) for research and study about the doctoral thesis titled “ Aesthetics
Approach to Children’s Literature “ (2005 and 2008)
 
Teacher, “peyk e ghesse Nevisi” organization, Department of Literature in “ Art’s Domain” , Tehran
 
Teacher, Story Writing,1986 – 2001
 

Official teacher, 1979- 80, Education Ministry, Tehran

 
Teacher, Two courses for the SAMA center under the license of Azad University

 

Teacher, Critic of Children’s literature in The Center of Media Studies (culture ministry)

 

Teacher, Critique of Children’s literature in Institute for the Intellectual Development
of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) (Kanoon), Tehran

 

Teacher, story writing in several cities and different levels
 
Manager, The children’s books section of Amirkabir Publishing co. 1987 - 1990
 
Assistant, Aftabgardan, A Newspaper fort youth, 1995 – 1996, Tehran
 
 

Editor in chief in the research magazines including:

 

founder, manager and the editor in chief of , The Research Quarterly Journal of Children and Youth’s Literature, (Pazhuheshnameh) from 1995 to 2007, Tehran, No. 1 - 51

 

Editor in Chief of the monthly magazine , Iranian Children and Adult youth’s Book, belonged to the khaneye ketab (Book House) organization, Tehran, from no.1 - 96, 1998-2005

 
The editor in chief of four volumes of the theoretical magazine, Qalamrow (The Research
periodical magazine of Children and youth), Howze Honari, Tehran
 
the editor in chief of the two volumes of Rouyesh e ghonche (the bulletin of first children literature seminar), Culture Ministry, Tehran
 
 

 
 
 
 

PUBLICATION:

Books:

1) A.D.A.M, Ofogh pub, Tehran, 1996

 

2) What Is the Story?, Hozeh honary pub, Tehran, 1992

 

3) Story Theme, Hozeh Honary pub, Tehran, 1973

 

4) A Selection from Contemporary Literature (Collection of Five Short Novels for Youth), Neyestan pub, Tehran, 1999

 

5) With the Desert Rose, a Piece, Hozeh Honary, Tehran, 1990

 

6) Jilly Billy and Pussycat, illustrated by Rashin Kheyriyeh, (Forthcoming)

 
 

Rewriting books:

1) News from Heaven, Ofogh pub, Tehran, 1989

 

2) Those Castles, Bonyad Be'esat, Tehran, 1989

 

3) Recreating 3 Volumes for Children (101 moral tales collection) titled: The Child and the Thieves, Prayer and Dinars, and A Night beside Shepherd, Ghadyani pub, Banafshe Books, Tehran, 2000

 

4) Tale of A Carrier who became Fortune-Teller, illustrated by Rashin Kheyriyeh, Ofogh pub, Tehran, forthcoming

 

5) The Parrot and the Merchant (recreation of a Rumi's tale), forthcoming

 
 

Translating:

1) Fire on the Mountain, Jane Kurtz, Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) pub, Tehran, 2001

 

2) Where is P.B. Bear? Lee Davis, Ghadiani pub, Tehran, 2002

 

3) What Is P.B. Bear doing? Lee Davis, Ghadiani pub, Tehran, 2002

 

4) Good morning P.B. Bear! Lee Davis, Ghadiani pub, Tehran, 2002

 

5) Fly-Away Kite, Ghadiani pub, Tehran, 2005

 

6) The pajama party, Ghadiani pub, Tehran, 2005

 

7) The marching band, Ghadiani pub, Tehran, 2005

 

8) Sandcastle Surprise, Ghadiani pub, Tehran, 2005

 

9) Catch that hat! Ghadiani pub, Tehran, 2005

 

10) The snowy ride, Ghadiani pub, Tehran, 2005

 

11) The dial book of animal tales from around the world, Naomi Adler, Iranban pub, Tehran, 2006

 

12) The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate Dicamillo, Ghadiani pub, Tehran, 2007

 

13) The jungle book, Rudyard Kipling, Ofoq Pub, Tehran, 2009

 

14) The Happy hedgehog, Marcus Pfister, Ofoq pub, Tehran, 2009

 
 

Essays:

Violence and Compromise In Children’s Literature, (with Habibollah Lazagi), ISI magazine "Human Sciences" , Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, vol. 45-46, 2006

 
Manifestation of Carpets in Children’s Literature, Case Study: trip to city of Salomon (with Habibollah Lazagi) ISI magazine "Goljam", Tehran, vol. l2, 2006

 

The Children and Youth's Literature, Entrance of the Encyclopedia of Persian Language and
Literature, Iranian Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Tehran, 2005

 

Co – authorship: Children’s & Youth’s Literature, Textbook of some university courses, Tehran, Education Ministry, 2004

 
A Review of Primary School Textbooks, In Proceedings of the First Symposium of Education in Primary School, Education Ministry, Tarbiat Pub, Tehran,1992
 
Rose-melted Socialism; (Co – Authorship) A Review Essay; In The Memories of The Rose; memorial of Hosein Ebrahimi, Iranian Association of Writers for Children’s and Youth pub, Tehran, 2008

 

 
The books, articles and short stories translated into other languages:
Those Castles; the biographical picture bookl of the Imam Hadi, Be’sat Pub, Tehran
 
A.D.A.M, Translated into English by Monavaz Alexandrian
 
The Enemy Is Waiting Up There, Translated by H.S.Zahedi
 
The Little Prince; A Sky in Which There Is No Star for the Children; A Critical Review of Antoine de Saint – Exupery’s "Le Petit Prince", Translated into English by H.S.Zahedi, Published in "IRAN NEWS" Vol. VI, No.1431 Sunday, October 31, 1999 Vol. VI, No.1442, Sunday. November 14, 1999&Vol.VI, No.1448, Sunday, November21, 1999, Tehran, Iran
 
Finally Children Will Make God Come Back, Translated into English by H.S.Zahedi. Published in IRAN NEWS, Vol. VII, No. 1849, Sunday, May 20, 2001& Vol. VIII, No.1852, Sunday, May 27, 2001, Tehran, Iran
 
Message in Literature for Children and Young People, Translated into English by H.S.Zahedi Published in "IRAN NEWS" Vol.VII, No.1858, Sunday, Jun3, 2001, Tehran, Iran
 
On Popular Literature, Translated into English by H.S.Zahedi
 
Pseudo Literature for Children and Innovation, Translated into English by H.S.Zahedi
 
A Review on Iran’s Children’s Literature During the first 20 years after the revolution 1979-1999
 
The Alienated Audience, Translated into English by H.S.Zahedi
 
A Breeze is blowing (preface), More than 100 Persian children’s Books (catalogue), Translated into English by Liza Namvar, Translation House for Children & Young Adults, Tehran, Iran, 2002
 
 

Other Publications:

More than 160 critical reviews, review essays, editorial notes and printed lectures in several Iranian journals, Magazines and supplemantaries.

 

15 textbooks about story writing for Peyk e Ghesse Nevisi including:

---What is the story?
---The story theme
---The three levels of creation of a story
---The methods of grasping the main theme of story
---Beginning and body of story
---Ending of story
---Polishing story
---The characteristics of a suitable prose for stories
---Point of view
---Characterization (1)
---Characterization (2)
---Time, space and atmosphere
---The usage of rhetoric (allegory, parallel, metaphor, irony and parable)
---The usage of rhetoric (symbol)
---The usage of rhetoric (myth and archetypes)

 
The scientific editor of textbook of Children’s Literature (the distance learning collection), the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) pub, Tehran, 1999
 
The editor of several books in Iran
 
 
 
 
 

CITING

International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature, Edited
by Peter Hunt, second Edition, London & New York, Routledge, 2004, Second Edition, p. 1101 & 1102, refer to the Article: A Review
on Iran’s Children’s Literature During the first 20 years after the revolution 1979-1999, by Mehdi Hejvani (and) “The birth of two valuable journals under the editorship of Mehdi Hejvani”

 
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature, Edited
Zipes, Oxford university press, p. 296, Morteza Khosronejad
new Generation of critics including Mehdi Hejvani
 
 
 
 
 
 

AWARDS

 

. Recipient, Best Critic-writer in 2 Decades after the Islamic Revolution (The Great Festival of Best Writers for Children’s literature), 1990

 

. Praised, Monthly “Sorush e Nojavan” Book Awards, 1996, for A.D.A.M

 

. Recipient, The 5th Festival of the Children Journalism, 2001, for the Finally, Children will make God back

 

. Praised, the First Festival of Quranic stories, for News from Heaven

 

. Praised, The First Festival of "Best Books", Iranian Cultural Association of Publishers, 2005, for the three volumes of book 101 moral tales

 

. Recipient, The Best Researcher, 2007, the Art Faculty of Tarbiat-Modares University

 

. Recipient, Medal of Serving to Culture, 2007, The Cultural and Art Center of Tehran, 2007

 

. Recipient, The Best Technical Novel, 2007, 1st “Tomorrow” Literature Awards, 2007

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

MEMBERSHIP:

 
Member of the Founding Board of the Iranian Association of Writers for Children and Youth
 
Member of the Founding Board of the Iranian Association for Illustrators
of Children’s books
 
Member of the Administration Board of Iranian Association of Writers for Children and Youth for 5 periods (1998-2009), two periods as the Secretary and three periods as the President Manager
 
Member of The Association of Iranian Journalists
 
Member of The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

INTEREST:

 
Comparative studies about relations between children’s literature aesthetics and aesthetics in general and research on the general conception of beauty
 
Critique of fictional literature and children’s literature
 
The history of fictional literature and children’s fictional literature
 
The audience and readers of literature and children’s literature
 
Creative writing
 

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