resting_place death_place death_date religion birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
yazd tehran , iran 2009 islam yazd , iran iranian 1921 '' good children '' '' his most famous work `` good stories for mehdi azar yazdi
 mehdi azar yazdi writer , poet
mehdi azar yazdi

mehdi azar yazdi -lrb- 1921 -- 2009 -rrb- was an iranian writer born in yazd .
he started writing books for children in 1956 .
he wrote seven books , each of which is adapted from a classical book in persian literature and re-written for children in an easy - to-understand style .
his most famous work is `` good stories for good children '' which won the unesco prize in 1966 and was regarded as the best book of the year in 1967 .
also another of his books `` adam '' was chosen as the best book of the year in 1968 .
