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On the 16th of June in the N. Dauletova Hall of the National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan there was a presentation of the book "I have come to the jubilant May" by famous public figure, poet, prose writer and translator Amantai Akhetov.

The organizers: International Kazakh PEN-Club and the M.O. Auezov Institute of Literature and Art of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

This year A.K. Akhetov is celebrating his 75th birthday. He has devoted many years to journalism. A.K. Akhetov headed the editorial boards of district newspapers in the Kokshetau region, the national newspapers "Asia Dausy", "Respublika-2000", and "Pravda Kazakhstana". For more than fifteen years he held senior positions in the Kazakh SSR Goskomizdat and the Ministry of Press, in the MKIOS RK. Currently he works at the M.O. Auezov Institute of Literature and Art.

The event was opened and conducted by President of Kazakh International PEN - Bigeldy Gabdullin. A. Akhetov was awarded with a medal of International Kazakh PEN named after M. Zhumabayev.

Speakers were: novelist Umit Tazhikenova, Aibyn Zhabygin, writer, journalist, winner of the International Literary Award "Alash" Kuandyk Tumenbaev, writer Magira Kozhakhmetova; candidate of philological sciences, head of the department of the M.O. Auezov Institute of literature and art Ananyeva Svetlana Viktorovna and others.

At the end of the event, spoke the author of the book A. Akhetov. New books were presented to the National Library of Kazakhstan.

The participants are: poets, writers, journalists, literary critics, librarians, etc.

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