Razi Hirmandi
# Razi Hirmandi

Razi Hirmandi (Persian:رضي هيرمندي) (with the real name of Seyed Mohammad Razi Khodadadi (Persian: سيد محمد رضي خدادادي) is an Iranian writer/translator who translates from English into Persian for children and adults.

Hirmandi was born in 1948 in Sistan, Southeast Iran. He studied English literature at Mashhad University and later got his M.A. in general linguistics from Tehran University. Hirmandi has written and translated more than 100 books. So far, he has won several national awards and IBBY Certificate of Honor for his literary translations, mainly for children.

## Books for children

* If I Didn't Exist (in Persian) Beh Nashr Publisher
* There is a Song in Every Heart (in Persian) Beh Nashr Publisher
* From Blossom to the Tree(in Persian & English) Kanun e Parvaresh...
* A Break with Parvanak (in Persian) Elmi va Farhangi

## Research

* A Contrastive Analysis of Tenses in English and Persian (in Persian)

## Translations for adults

1. I Am Joaquin Rodolpho Gonzales Amir Kabir

2. Child-to- Child Arons& Others Madrasah

3. Marching Song John Whiting Farhang e Javid

4. Sokhomlinsy ---- Hastan

5. The Languages of the World Kenet Katzner Markaz e Nashr

6. Becoming a Translator Douglas Robinson Markaz e Nashr

7. The Death of Ivan Ilych Leo Tolstoy Hastan

8. Dictionary of Humorous Quotations ---- Farhang e Mo'aser

9. The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce Farhang- Mo'aser

10. Shel Silverstein Ruth K MacDonald Hastan

11. Haiku Humor Steven Addis Cheshmeh

12. Call of Love(quotes about love, mother and friendship) --- Ghatreh

13. The Greatest War Stories Never Told Rick Beyer Mo'in

14. Sod Calm,Get Angry --- Farhang e Javid

15. A Complete and Utter History of the World Samuel Stewart Cheshme

16. Haiku Love --- Cheshmeh

17. Sod Calm and Get Angry: Resigned Advice for Hard Times Farhang Javid

## Translations for children & young adults

* The works of Shel Silverstein for children (10 books)
* The best of Dr. Seuss including The Cat in the Hat and 18 other books
* The Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl
* The series of The Big Bear and The Little Bear by Martin Waddell
* Eight books from the series of Mr. Gum by Andy Stanton
* An True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
* The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Full list of translations:

1. The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein Hastan

2.Lafcadio " "

3. The Missing Piece " "

4. The Missing Piece Meets the Big O " "

5. A Giraffe and a Half " "

6. Who Needs a Cheap Rhinoceros " "

7. Where the Sidewalk Ends " "

8. A Light in the Attic " "

9. Falling Up " "

10. Everything on It " "

11. Uncle Shelby's ABZ " "

12. The Inch Worm Leo Lionni Kanoon e parvaresh

13. I Won't Apologize Sofia Prokofieva "

14. Penguin and the Pine Cone Salina Yoon "

15. Song about Black Ann Mc Govern "

16. The Tree Philis Bosh Amir Kabir

17. Can't You Sleep, Little Bear Martin Waddell Ofogh

18. Good for You, Little Bear " "

19. Me and You, Little Bear " "

20 let's Go Home, Little Bear " "

21 . Sleep Tight , Little Bear " "

22. Oh, The Places You Go, Dr Seuss "

23. Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are. " "

24 . I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew " "

25. Horton Hatches the Egg " "

26. Marvin K Mooney,Will You Please Go Now " "

27 . And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street " "

28. I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today and Other Stories " "

29. The Cat in the Hat " "

30 . The Cat in the Hat Comes Back " "

31. The Sneetches and Other Stories " "

32. If I Ran the Circus " "

33. The Lorax " "

34. Daisy -Head Maisy " "

35. I Wish I Had Duck Feet " "

36. Horton Hears a Who " "

37. If I Ran the Zoo " Gaam

38. The Butter Battle Book " "

39. Yertle the Turtle " "

40.You Are Old Only Once " "

41. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian Sherman Alexie Ofogh

42. The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick "

43. The Wonderstruck " "

44. The Good Citizen Alphabet& the History of the World in Epitom Bertrand Russel "

45. I Didn't Do My Homework Because David Cali "

46. What Use Is a Moose ? Martin Waddell "

47. The Pencil Allan Ahlberg Za'feran

48. The Day The Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt Behnegar

49. On the Wing of Peace --- Mo'in

50. Changes Anthony Qoqnoos

51. The House in the Night Susan Mary Swanson "

52.Mr Stink David Williams Golagha

53. How Do Dinausors Say Good Night? Jane Yolen Bafarzandan

54. What Do You Want to Be Brian? Jeanne Willis "

55. Five Wishing Stars Trisha Runnells "

56. Sleep Like Tiger Mary Logue "

57.Tell Me Something Happy before I Go to Sleep Joyce Dunbar "

57. Enemy David Cali Chekkeh

58. How to Train Our parents Pete Johnson Houpa

59.Bunny Loves to Read Peter Bently Chekkeh

60.Bunny Loves to Write " "

61 . Bunny Loves to Learn " "

62 . You Are a Bad Man ,Mr Gum Andy Stanton Charkh e Falak

63. Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire " "

64. Mr Gum and the Goblins " "

65. Mr Gum and the Power Crystals " "

66. Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear " "

67. Mr Gum in 'the Hound of Lamonic Bibber " "

68. What's for Dinner, Mr Gum? " "

69. Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree. " "

70. Mr Gum and the Secret Hideout " "

71. The Story of Mathew Buzzington Andy Stanton "

72.من بدو ، اژدها بدو A Selection of Prelutsky's Poems Jack Prelutsky "

73. The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams Chekkeh

74. If I Were a Book Jose Jorge Letria Elmi Farhangi

75. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School Davide Cali Ofogh

76. Where the Eagle's Nest Is(translated from Persian) Taraneh Matloub Ofogh

77Five Wishing Stars Treesha Runnells Bafarzandan

78.Sleep Like a Tiger Mary Logue "

79. Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go to Sleep Joyce Dunbar "

## Sources

* Persian Wikipedia
