(He is one of the authors of the HCAA 2018 Shortlist – IBBY)
writer and humorist, was born in April 1962 in Abadan. He started his professional career in the field of children’s and young adult literature in 1989 through working with different children’s and young adult publications.
He is a founder of the Iranian Asso­ciation of Writers for Children and Youth and had also been a board member for two terms. Hassanza­deh has pursued writing humor for children and young adults earnestly. However, the strong point of his works are novels like Hasti that have been written for young adults. In these novels, he deals with concepts that are important for teenagers and he has tried to portray their concerns. Due to what he has experienced in his life, war has a pronounced presence in his novels. In his novels, he shows the problems that war can cause for children and young adults, e.g. migration, etc. but does not use a motto-like tone.
Some of the books by this author has been translated into English, Mandarin, Malay, and Kurdish. Far­had Hassanzadeh has been nominated by Iran for the international Astrid Lingren Award 2017 and Hans Christian Andersen Award 2018.