The European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature awarded the Jubilee Medal to the Honored Worker of Kazakhstan

With the assistance of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Ukraine, the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Kazakhstan Ulykbek Yesdaulet took part in the III International Festival of Writers and Translators "Kochur-Fest21", which took place on October 8-10, 2021 in Kyiv and Irpin.

The annual festival was supported by the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, the Ukrainian publishing house “Summit Book”, the local administration and the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature (EASAL), which is headquartered in Paris.

For his contribution to literary and translation activities, the famous Kazakh poet, translator, screenwriter, film director and honored worker of Kazakhstan Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov who celebrated his 70th anniversary was awarded a jubilee medal of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature. TheInternational Secretary of the Literature Section of the EASAL, Ukrainian writer-translator Dmytro Chistyak presented this medal to Kazakh guest.

It should be noted that B.Kanapyanov was a voluntary participant in the liquidation of the Chernobyl accident. The creative result of this was a collection of poems and prose "Stork over Pripyat" (1987), for which he was awarded the Lenin Komsomol of Kazakhstan.

On October 8, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Ukraine Darkhan Kaletayev and Chairman of the Writers Union of Kazakhstan U.Yesdaulet also met with Chairman of the National Writers Union of Ukraine Mykhailo Sydorzhevsky.

During the meeting, issues of mutual cooperation in the literary sphere were discussed and agreements were reached on joint projects and events. Following the meeting, a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Writers' Unions of the two countries was signed.