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On May 22, prepared by the staff of the Republican Children’s Library named after F.Kocharli, there had been the presentation of a book from the series of "Children's Literature treasure", entitled "Firidun bey Kocharli: Bibliography" dedicated to the prominent literary scholar of Azerbaijan, a well-known educator, social activist, journalist, writer, critic and translator, Firidun bey Kocharli son of Ahmad Agha, in the National Library. The main purpose of the event is to pay tribute once again to F.Kocharli, who has a special place in the history of Azerbaijan literature, and to raise awareness in all booklovers about the library and its activities by presenting the books published on the eve of the 50^th anniversary of the Republican Children's Library named after F.Kocharli.

Karim Tahirov, director of the National Library opened the ceremony and greeted the participants, then, he had a brief look at F.Kocharli’s work. Then, a documentary film about F.Kocharli had been demonstrated. The word was given to Vagif Bahmanli, the manager of book circulation and publishing works department of Culture and Tourism Ministry. In his speech, Mr. Vagif talked a lot about Kocharli’s work and noted the importance of the presented book.

Then the director of the Republican Children's Library Shahla Gambarova spoke about the position of F.Kocharli in Azerbaijani literature. Speakers, professor of BSU (Baku State University), doctor of philological sciences Alkhan Bayramoglu, the author of the foreword of bibliography, manager of the department of New era Azerbaijan Literature of the Literature Institute of ANAS (Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences) named after Nizami, professor Zaman Asgarli, honored journalist Flora Khalilzade, the director of the Central Scientific Library of ANAS Leyla Imanova spoke about the bibliography, and its importance for researchers.

At the presentation, there had been organized the book fair titled "guardians of the Homeland and nation" devoted to the work of F.Kocharli.