Touran Mirhadi, who was also a researcher, was born in 1927. She was the founder of the Farhad School, a progressive kindergarten and elementary school in Tehran which was a source of many pedagogical innovations. She was also the co-founder of The Children's Book Council of Iran and the Encyclopedia for Young People, ISNA reported.
In 2012, the Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature in Iran nominated Mirhadi for the 2013 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA). The award was established in 2002 to commemorate the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren (renowned for the 'Pippi Longstocking' series of children's books) and to promote children's and youth literature around the world. It is administered by the Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs. It is the world's largest for children's and youth literature and the second-largest literature prize in the world.
In July 2015, Mirhadi was once again nominated for the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award by the Institute for Research on The History of Children's Literature in Iran (HCLI).
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