The Song Theatre named after Rashid Behbudov hosted the presentation ceremony of the Jafar Jabbarly Award dedicated to the 110th anniversary of Jafar Jabbarly’s birth. The awarding ceremony was organized by Baku City Culture and Tourism Department on a project of Jafar Jabbarly’s House Museum with the participation of the Public Union “The Aid for Development of Culture, Science and Education named after Jafar Jabbarly”.
Jafar Jabbarly’s granddaughter, a chief scientific adviser of his house museum Gamar Seyfaddingyzy addressed the event. According to her the award has been determined on 15-20 nominations. Here are the award winners: a writer and publicist Salatin Ahamdli for her book “Haydar Aliyev’s policy of language” and writings, a poet and publicist Farida Leman, Saida Musabayli, Gafar Asgarzadeh, Amina Yusifgyzy on theatre, Lalazar Mustafayeva, Ilham Asgarov, Yashar Nuri, Ramiz Malikov, Aydin Kazimzadeh, Hamida Omarova, Alakbar Muradov, Rafig Azimov, Sabir Mammadov, Ramiz Mammadov, a director Bahram Osmanov, Asif Rustamli for the researches on the literature and theatre, Rahim Aliyev, Ilham Rahimli, Hamlet Isakhanli, the composers Vugar Jamalzadeh, Elchin Imanov and other figures were awarded the Jafar Jabbarly prize.