“Along the pedestrian” is a collection of symbolic poems for adolescents. The pedestrian is a symbol of the world, meaning a pathway; somewhere that is not a residential area; everyone comes and leaves, similar to our world in which no one can stay. Each poem of this collection is a symbol of life: Human, Animals, poverty, Environment, etc., which are sometimes mixed with philosophical ideas. This book has been awarded the “golden bicycle” for Iran’s best adolescent books.

Biuk Maleki, poet and editor, was born in Ghazvin in 1960. He completed his education in Tehran and started his career in children’s and young adult literature by writing for the press and continued with working for the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (Kanoon), the ra - dio, and some publishing organizations. Maleki is a professional, successful poet who, unlike other children’s and young adult writers and poets, is not a prolific writer by a long shot and would rather have the poetry col - lections he gets published be less in number and greater in quality. Most of Maleki’s poetry collections have a central theme each, and the poems in that collection are about that theme. Maleki’s social and naturalistic approach and his interest in subjects such as environment, love, and peace have given a humanistic orientation to his poetry. He is almost the only Iranian poet who composes his poems solely for young adult readers. Selected Works: Star Shower (1987), Barg Publishing Co. On the Wing of the Rainbow (1991), Soroush Publishing Co. Behind a Smile (1992), Ghadyani (Banafsheh) Of Morning Ambience (1997), Soroush The Alley of Windows (1997), Kanoon On the Sidewalk (2000), Monadi Tarbiat Cultural Foundation Come Get the Apple (2008), Kanoon The Scarecrow Was in Love (2010), Ofoq Late at Night (2015), Peydayesh Why Are You Stone? (2015), Kanoon Selected Awards and Recognitions: The Golden Moon Award of the Iranian Association of Writers for Children and Youth recognizing the best Iranian poets in two decades, Golden Bicycle Award (best book according to the read - ers), Islamic Republic of Iran’s Book of the Year Award