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Mostafa Rahmandoost, poet, writer, and translator, was born in July 1950 in Hamedan. Rahmandoost majored in literature and has worked in different positions for years, including the manager of children’s section of Amirkabir Publishing (Shokoofeh), consultant to the Vice President, the head of the National Library, and the head of the National Library for Children and Young Adults. He has been a founder and a board member of the Association of Writers for Children and Youth. Rahmandoost has been the editor-in-chief and the founder of many children’s magazines, including Soroushe Koodakan and Roshde Daneshamooz. Rahmandoost’s poems appear in the textbooks of Iranian children and taught at schools.By publishing some of his works under the title of Uncle Mostafa in the USA, Rahmandoost made it possible for Iranian children living abroad to read, listen to, and buy his books.