Announcing this, Mehdi Bardestani, an official with Azar-Yazdi Foundation, said that due to the author+s special status in Persian literature, a professional orchestra should perform the piece, Fars News Agency reported.

He hoped that the composition will be ready for Azar-Yazdi+s anniversary on July 9.

Azar-Yazdi is best known for his “Good Stories for Good Children”, which won a UNESCO prize in 1966 and was selected as Iran+s Book of the Year in 1967.

Born in 1921, he began writing for children in 1956. He wrote seven books, each of which is adapted from classic Persian literature and rewritten for children in an easy-to-understand style.

Azar-Yazdi is the author of “The Playful Cat”, “Simple Stories” and “Masnavi of Good Children”. His “Adam” was Iran+s Book of the Year in 1968.