Aminur Rahman wins poetry award
Poet Aminur Rahman from Bangladesh has been awarded 'Heaven Horse Award' by the Mongolian Academy of Culture and Poetry in Mongolia for his contribution and development to world literature, says a press release.
The award was presented to him by B Tulga, Deputy Minister Education and Science of Mongolian government at his ministry secretariat, Ulan Bator earlier this month. Famous Mongolian poet and the president of the academy G Mend-Ooyo was also present on the occasion.
Aminur Rahman also attended the 'Bengali- Mongolian Poetry Reading' session at National History Museum, Ulan Bator after the award giving session, where he presented a paper on “A new wave of contemporary Bangla poetry”. He also read his poems followed by translations in Mongolian language by poet G Mend-Ooyo.
In 2006 Aminur Rahman's poetry book “Heart Shore” was translated in Mongolian language, and he also received Chenggis Khan Gold Medal instituted by Chenggis Khan University.
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