November 22, 2013, in Arsk, eighth time, Garif Akhunov’s Award was handed to young talents of the Arska region in the field of literature and art.
Before that, in the early morning, the writers of Kazan and deputy head of the Arsk region administration on culture Nadia Miftakhutdinova, at the Tatar cemetery, laid flowers on the graves of the national writer of Tatarstan Garif Akhunov and his spouse, a writer Shaida Maksudova.
Festival was held in a local art school, it turned to be versatile, beautiful and home-style soulful. The winners were congratulated by head of Arsk administration Almas Nazirov, famous Tatar poets Robert Minnullin and Nail Kassimov, chairman of the Union of Writers of Tatarstan Rafis Kurbanov , and daughter of the writer, poetess Nailya Akhunova, on behalf of the Akhunovs.
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