Hoda Hadadi (; born February 2, 1977) is an Iranian illustrator,https://www.cgspectrum.com/career-pathways/book-illustrator author and poet. Her literary and visual works often support eco-feminism, featuring women as the narrators and heroes of their life stories. She delves into the lost narrators or forgotten narratives of women and their relationship with nature. She is particularly known for her collage technique in her visual artworks, especially her use of transparent silk paper.
Biography Hadadi was three years old at the start of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and five when the Iran-Iraq War began, lasting for eight years. Her drawings during this period featured only girls, women, and nature, with no trace of war or ideology. At the age of ten, she began writing poems inspired by Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (The Book of Kings). Her professional career began at nineteen, while she was a graphic design student at Tehran University of Art, with publications in children's magazines. To date, many of her books have been published in Iran, the United States Denmark, and France.
Articles and reviews about Hadadi Some Recent Articles about Hoda
2023 A Comparative Study of the Human-Nature Relationship in The Fate of Fausto and I’ll Sow My Hands in the Garden
2021 “Reading Hoda Hadadi in Tehran” The Implicit Articulation of Lesbian Identity in Iranian Children’s Literature by Masih Zekavat/Johns Hopkins University press
2018. An Introduction to Ecofeminism: Alternative Ecofeminist Readings of Diling-a-DiLing and Two Friends/ Massih Zekavat, Europa-Universität Flensburg; Yazd University, Childhood Studies of Shiraz University /An Introduction to was published in Children’s Literature Studies in 2019
Awards
In 2018, Hadadi received five stars from the Danish newspaper Politiken for writing and illustrating the book "The Mountain That Wanted to Travel" (Bjerget der ville rejse).
2022 Honour certification of IBBY international (Board of books for young people) For the book: (Bacheha Bahar), Malaysia 2021 and 2020 The little Black Fish medal for Best Illustrator (The mother), Also (Bacheha Bahar), Children's Book Council (IBBY of Iran) 2020, selected for The white Raven list of the International Youth Library of Munich (I'll sow my hands in the garden) - Germany 2018, Gold Medal for Best Picture Book (Drummer Girl), International Book Award, USA 2017, Gold Medal for Best Illustrator (Drummer Girl), Literacy Classics Award, USA 2017, Gold Medal for Best Illustrator (Drummer Girl), Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, USA 2010, Winner of New Horizons of Bologna for Writing and Illustrating the book (Two Friends), Italy 2007, Grand Prix of Belgrade (Two Friends), Serbia 2007, Golden Plaque of BIB, Bratislava (If I Were a Pilot & With Rain Again), Slovakia 2005, Second Prize of Katha (Smiling Crocodile- Not published), India
Bibliography A complete list of Hoda Hadadi's books in which she has rolled as an Illustrator, Author, Poet or Art director, can be found here. Some notable books are as follows: Illustrator: Hoda Hadadi. Author: Rina singh. Garden of Grenades, Greystone books. Canada. 2023 Illustrator: Hoda Hadadi. Author: Reem Farouqi. Milloo's mind. Harpercollins. USA. 2022 Illustrator: Hoda Hadadi. Author: Raoul Follereau A smile. Pikku publishing. UK 2021 and in Canada by Pajama press. Canada 2021 Illustrator: Hoda Hadadi. Author: Forough Farokhzad. I'll Sow my Hands in the Garden. Mirmah. Iran. 2019 Illustrator: Hoda Hadadi. Author: Hoda Hadadi. Bjerget der ville rejse (The travelling mountain). Uro. Denmark 2018 Illustrator: Hoda Hadadi. Poet: Hoda Hadadi. Jeg taenker pa et hjem (I Am Thinking of a Home). Uro. Denmark 2018 Illustrator: Hoda Hadadi. Author: Nima Yushij. Bacheha Bahar. Mirmah. Iran 2018 Illustrator: Hoda Hadadi. Author: Hiba Masoud. Drummer Girl. Daybreak. USA 2015 Illustrator: Hoda Hadadi. Author: Kelly Cunnane. Deep in the Sahara. Random House. 2013. USA 2013, Also by Mitsumura. Japan 2014 Author: Hoda Hadadi. The Clown (novel). Kanoon. 2012 Illustrator and author: Hoda Hadadi Two Friends. Shabaviz. Iran 2007, Also in Italy 2010: Il bosco delle meraviglie,Terre editore, Also in France 2011. Amies pour la vie. Lirabelle publishing Illustrator: Hoda Hadadi. Author: Farhad Hasanzadeh. Kooti Kooti's Story (3 volumes). Kanoon. Iran 2006-2007-2008, Also by Mevsimler Kitap publishing, Turkey 2020
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