Feeroozeh Golmohammadi

Feeroozeh Golmohammadi has been painting and illustrating children's books for nearly two and a half decades. She is among the first Iranian women to have won international acclaim in art and is credited with ushering in the renaissance of Persian miniature paintings.

She has to her credit a wide range of books that have won national and international awards, some of them being NOMA (thrice), Iran Gold Plaque and the Hans Christian Anderson Honorary Diploma. Her other interests include photography of which she's held several exhibitions across the world, and journalism. She has been the chief editor of the popular Iranian magazine Zan-e-Rooz.

The latest honour that she has received is the coveted grand prize in the first international Chitrakala contest conducted by Katha.

Feeroozeh has illustrated "What Shape is an Elephant?" by the famous Persian philosopher Rumi, for Katha.