TUFS Student Awarded "Magtymguly Pyragy Medal Pyragy Medal" on May 16th

October 20, 2014

Masahiro Oku (Global Studies major) was awarded “ the Magtymugly Pyragy Medal” at an academic conference which celebrated the 290th anniversary of the birth of Turkemen poet Magtymugly, held on May 14th-16th in Turkmenistan. Turkemen President Berdimuhamedow presented the prize.

While Magtymugly is a key poet in Turkemen language and literature, he is not familiar to Japanese people. Oku was highly praised for his presentation " Some problems in translating Magtymguly Poems into Japanese"  and several translations of Magtymugly’s poems. The student is the first Japanese to translate Magtymugly’s works.

At the concerence
The vice president presented the medal
(In front of a portrait of the president) 

Medal

In an interview with a TV crew

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