TEHRAN Iranian writer Mrs. Violet Razaqpanah received the peace prize of UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) during a ceremony at the International Children's Book Fair held in Bologna, Italy. Several cultural representatives of different countries attended the ceremony on Saturday.

A number of Iranian publishers and artists have taken part in the three-day exhibition, which wound up on Saturday.

Some 1,449 publishers from 75 countries, including Iran, France, Britain, U.S., Sweden, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Egypt, Venezuela, India, and the UAE attended the book fair.