INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
book reading promoter Nader Musavi, the council announced in a press release published on Thursday.Akbarpur was picked for providing new
friendship, tolerance, children with disabilities and his writings that promote creative thinking and criticism are other reasons for the
choice.Seyyedabadi was selected for his 33 years of continuous activity and creative theorization in reading promotion, and his key role in
designing local and nationwide plans for book reading, as well as in the establishment of libraries and bookstores in remote rural
cultural activities for migrant children in Iran
He is the author of several books carrying materials for Afghan migrant children about their motherland.He also travels across Iran every
year to run reading programs in over 350 schools for Afghan migrant children.The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award was established in 2002 by
The candidates are authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and reading promoters.The twelve-member jury has the challenging but pleasant
task of evaluating candidates each year and selecting one laureate (or several).The jury will announce the 2023 laureate in March at the
ALMA.Kanoon has previously announced writer Hamidreza Shahabadi and illustrator Reza Dalvand as its nominees for the 2023 ALMA.Photo: A
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.MMS/YAW
