A prize winner of one of nominations of the Khatlon regional contest “Furughi Subhi Donoi Kitob Ast” (Knowledge Is a Shine of Dawn) died of pneumonia.
An 8th grade student from Yovon Secondary School No 13, Zamira Muhammadsafar, died of pneumonia on November 16.
Zamira was a person with disabilities, however, despite this she was an active girl. She finished first in the “Children’s Literature” nomination of the “Furughi Subhi Donoi Kitob Ast” contest at the district stage and finished third it at the regional stage and got a chance to participate at the republican stage of the contest
But fate decided in its own way. “Zamira got pneumonia several days ago and died on November 16,” a source within the Yovon education department told Asia-Plus today morning.
The “Furughi Subhi Donoi Kitob Ast” contest is carried out in the following nominations: connoisseur of Tajik classical literature (first place prize amounts to 30,000 somoni); connoisseur of Tajik modern literature (first place prize amounts to 25,000 somoni); connoisseur of children’s literature and folklore (first place prize amounts to 25,000 somoni); and connoisseur of world literature (first place prize amounts to 25,000 somoni)
The grand prix amount is 60,000 somoni.
The main objective of the “Furughi Subhi Donoi Kitob Ast” contest is in attracting public interest in reading books.
