Time to evaluate the report of Martyr Ghanipour Award
5 March 2012
During the closing ceremony of the 11th edition of Martyr Ghanipour Award, Amir Hussein Fardi said:" The festival has passed 10which is indeed good for the age of a literary award. Although we expected more and now the awards report should be screened and then its book should be released."
IBNA: The closing ceremony of the 11th edition of Martyr Ghanipour Award was held Monday evening with the attendance of martyrs families and Amir Hussein Fardi, the director of Houze Honari literary creations center and the festivals founders, Iranian author Mahmoud Hakimi and Morteza Sarhangi, the resistance art and literatures offices manager.
Firstly Amir Hussein Fardi said that the festival has passed its first decade which is a good age for a literary award. Although we expected more and the first 10 years should be evaluated by Naseri, the secretary of the 11th edition."
He added:" Martyr Ghanipour Award helps the basics of Sacred Defense and the revolutions literature and values. If the festival isn’t held for a year, we can easily feel its absence."
The media and authors constantly talk about the festivals significance which indeed underlines the festivals quality, he added and said:" The festival is adorable and I wish to be one of its winners and receive an award from a martyrs father."
Talking about the festival he went on to say that nobody thought that one day the festival will be mentioned as the invest of revolutions literature. Hope that the next edition will present better works.
Moreover Mohammad Naseri read the 11th editions statement and then the winners were awarded by Amir Hussein Fardi and the fathers of martyrs Ali Bazovand and Mohammad Shahsavari.
Majid Rasti was awarded for his "This point of the world that point of the world". he said:" Hope that the festival will continue as a encourager. I have been working in the field of childrens literature since the past 38 years and now I believe that I was chosen for writing.
In the field of young adults fiction, the story of "Even a minute is enough" by Atusa Salehi was chosen as the awards book of the year.
In the section of Sacred Defense novels and stories, "Megil" a book by Mohsen Motlagh was praised and "Cold Suran" by Javad Afhami was chosen as the section book of the year.
Moreover a story collection was selected as well and figures including Fariba Anisi, Vahid Agha Karami, Monireh Sadat Mousavi, Masumeh Eyvazi, Farkhondeh Haghsheno, Hassan Bahrami, Marzieh Shoshtari, Kamran Jabari, Rogieh Shahi-vand, Majid Pourvali, Kobra Pakdel, Seyyed Naser Hashemi, Bahar Allahbakhshi, Vahideh Ramazanpour and teimor Agha-mohammadi were honored.
Iran Book News Agency (IBNA)
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