One of the poems of the famous Turkmen poet, translator and people's writer of Turkmenistan Kerim Kurbannepesov was included among the works of national poets proposed for translation into Russian by interlinear at the literary translation competition “Friendship of Literature - Friendship of Peoples-2022”.
As the “Turkmenistan: Golden Age” edition reports, within the framework of the competition the poem of the Turkmen poet could be translated into Russian by authors from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Israel, Norway and many regions of Russia, who sent their works to the competent jury.
The competition was organized for the eighth time this year by the Astrakhan branch of the Writers' Union of Russia. Everyone could take part in it, regardless of belonging to creative unions, age and literary experience.
The competition is conducted with the aim of strengthening cultural ties and mutual understanding between peoples, development and support of national literatures, popularization of creativity of national poets, support for talented translators.
The winner in the nomination “Translation from Turkmen” become Vladimir Filatov (Astrakhan city).
The great Magtymguly was the spiritual mentor and idol of Kerim Kurbannepesov during his life. Admiration for the genius of Magtymguly is reflected in the poems, diaries and notebooks of the poet, for whom the award of the Magtymguly International Prize in 1970 was truly the highest award.
Kerim Kurbannepesov created more than 20 poetic books among which are: “Heart found in the sands”, “Roots”, “If only there were three lives ...” and others. Songs were created on his poems, some works of were translated into foreign languages.
