Shabyt Festival omnibus presented in Astana
ANA. November 9. KAZINFORM /Dimash Syzdykov/ A presentation of an omnibus of Shabyt International Creative Youth Festival was held at the Astana Palace of Peace and Accord Nov 8, in the course of closing ceremony of Shabyt-2009. The collection includes literary works of the laureates of Festival from 1998 to 2008.
According to chief of Astana administration of culture Erkebulan Agimbayev, presentation of the book was some kind of surprise both for the festival participants and amateurs of poetry and prose.
In turn, people's writer of Kazakhstan, laureate of the State Prize of Kazakhstan, poet Fariza Ongarsynova expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Culture and Information and Astana administration of culture for their support and assistance in publishing the book and wished it to be translated in the English and Russian languages.