Tashkent hosts a Forum of Writers of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
On September 2-3, Tashkent and Tashkent region are hosting the Uzbekistan – Kazakhstan Writers’ Forum “Spiritual Heritage of the Turkic World: Literature – A Dialogue of Eras and Generations”.
The event coincides with the 35th anniversary of the Republic of Uzbekistan’s Independence, the 100th anniversary of the First Turkological Congress held in Baku in 1926, and the 585th anniversary of the birth of the great Uzbek poet and thinker Alisher Navoi.
The Ministry of Preschool and School Education, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Tashkent Region Hokimiyat, the Unions of Writers of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, and the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation organized the event.
The first day of the Forum was held in Karamanas village, in Bostanlyk district of Tashkent region. A solemn ceremony marked the ringing of the first bell, the opening of the renovated school library and coworking space, and the transfer of books to the library fund at Rahmetolla Raimkulov School No. 34.
Creative meetings and an open lesson, “Rahmetolla Raimkulov: A legacy uniting generations”, held a special place in the program.
The events were attended by Advisors to the Presidents of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan Khayriddin Sultonov and Malik Otarbayev, Minister of Preschool and School Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ezozkhon Karimova, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ozodbek Nazarbekov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan Yeraly Tugzhanov, Director General of the Uzbekistan News Agency Abdusaid Kuchimov, Chairmen of the Unions of Writers of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan Sirojiddin Saidov and Mereke Kulkenov, President of the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation Aktoty Raimkulova, as well as famous writers, poets, scientists and representatives of the creative intelligentsia of the two countries.
On September 3, the events will continue in Tashkent. The program will begin with a flower-laying ceremony at the monument to Alisher Navoi. The program will also include an exhibition of archival materials devoted to the 100th anniversary of the First Baku Turkological Congress, a plenary session, and a thematic session, “Literary dialogue between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan: Common heritage, modernity and new horizons of cooperation”.
The participants will discuss the development of mutual translations and joint publishing projects, support for young authors, the digitalization of literary heritage, and the expansion of interaction among writers, scientists, and translators of the two countries.
The roundtable discussion “New Horizons of literary cooperation in the Turkic world” and book presentations will be among the key events.
Following the event, the Tashkent Declaration will be adopted, defining specific areas of long-term literary and cultural cooperation. The chairpersons of the Unions of Writers of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, as well as the President of the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation, will sign the document.
The forum aims to give new impetus to the centuries-old spiritual and literary ties between the two fraternal countries, expand joint cultural initiatives, and lay the foundation for a regular writers’ forum for Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
Aziza Alimova, UzA
