Candidates for State Prize in Literature and Art to be named
15:32, 3 June 2010
ATY. June 3. KAZINFORM /Yekaterina Ionova/ Three works of literature and art only out of 35 ones will be awarded with 2010 State Prize of Kazakhstan. Minister of Culture Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed, who is also the Vice Chairman of the Commission on Awarding State Prizes in Literature and Art, said at the Commission's session in Almaty today.
As the Minister noted, today the Commission would define through detailed discussion and secret voting the works which would participate in the next stage of the contest. The Minister proposed to choose five candidates from 17 works of literature, six candidates from 10 works of cinema and theatre. "As for Fine Arts and architecture you may choose two as well as five candidates", Mr. Kul-Mukhammed said addressing the members of the Commission.