Iranian nominee for Swedish Astrid Lindgren award Janet Mikhaiili dies at 70
Iranian nominee for Swedish Astrid Lindgren award Janet Mikhaiili dies at 70
TEHRAN, Sept. 4 (Mehr News Agency) -- Iranian children's book illustrator Janet Mikhaiili died of cerebral apoplexy at the age of 70 at her home on September 2.
Mikhaiili was one of four Iranians nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2007, which will be presented by the Swedish government in May at the Skansen Open-Air Museum in Stockholm, but she lost the chance, because the prize is only awarded to living people. ...
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