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TEHRAN -- The Tehran Municipality plans to cover part of the expenses for organizing the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards, which is Iran’s most lucrative literary award.
This action is based on the municipality’s legal duty to allocate part of its revenues in the cultural fields, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance spokesman Hossein Nushabadi announced on Thursday.
“However, the Culture Ministry is appreciative of the municipality’s action,” he stated.
Each winner in the four categories of fiction, biography, memoir and literary review receives 110 Bahar Azadi gold coins worth over one billion rials (over $30,000). In addition, the second place winners are awarded 55 Bahar Azadi gold coins.
The municipality’s decision to support the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards was made after the Culture Ministry announced last week that the number of Bahar Azadi gold coins will decrease to 30 this year due to financial constraints.
However, because of the municipality’s decision, the Culture Ministry won’t reduce the number of coins anymore, Nushabadi said.
Winners will be announced during a ceremony at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall this week on Monday
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