Mordi Kermani: I was born to be a writer

2015-9-20

IBNA- Meeting for considering the book ‘You’re Not a Stranger’ by the noted Iranian writer Houshang Moradi Kermani was held on September 15, at Sarv Cultural Center where he said: “I wasn’t born to be a physician or lawyer. I was born to be a writer.”

According to IBNA correspondent, this meeting which was attended by writers, filmmakers and fans was held to take a different look at the oeuvre of Moradi Kermani whose fame mostly lies in writing for children and young adults.
 “I can’t actually say why and how I created these works. God helped me to put all I had kept inside in life, on paper,” Moradi Kermani said.
He continued: “I’m the one who arrived in the desert of life and tackled many problems; loneliness, hardship and many other things which are found in my stories. What would I do then? I wanted to fill my lonely life. Did I want to escape from life? Did I want not to become like my father who was mentally ill, or sit in a place like this and be praised? I did not write for any of these reasons, I just wanted to live. Even now, in the hardest situations I take my pen and start writing and get lost in the story – the story of my own self.”
The author of ‘Tales of Majid’ also said: “Writing talent is nothing but strong imagination and a very good memory, as well as more than usual feelings. These are things which cannot be taught. Details might be taught, but I believe writers are like cockroaches; beetles sense by their antennas and so do the writers; they, too, have strong sensory tentacles.”
Stressing that he dealt with his own life more than anything else in his work, he said: “I’ve made use of all what happened in my life for writing my stories. I didn’t write lies, and strongly believed in my imagination to make it believable to the readers, too.
At the end of the ceremony, Houshang Moradi Kermani was awarded a certificate of commendation and a gift which he received from the hands of his wife.