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TEHRAN -- The Iranian novelist and author Amir-Hossein Fardi died of Respiratory complications on Thursday. He was 65.
His funeral procession will be held on Saturday morning and he will be buried at Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery.
He was the editor-in-chief of the renowned children’s monthly Kayhan Bacheha for 24 years.
He was also a member of the fiction council at the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA).
His novel “Esmaeil” has been translated into English by Paul Sprachman and released in the U.S. in 2009.
The 300-page “Esmaeil” tells the story of a man who out of the blue runs into the chaotic environment of the Islamic revolution in 1979.
The events of the revolution expand his consciousness and he discovers a new ideology for the remainder of his life.
“The Nest in Fog” and “A World of Butterflies” and “The Black Grass” is among his credits.
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