On the eve of May 24 – Day of the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and Slavic literature, the Union of Bulgarian Writers presented the annual literary awards for 2023. The annual award for journalism – 2023 was awarded to the writer Prof. Dr. Myumyun Tahirov for the book “Philosophy of Creativity“.
Began as a teacher and editor in Kardzhali, Prof. Dr. Myumyun Tahirov held various positions during his long creative career – by editor and director department to deputy chief and editor-in-chief of a newspaper, public figure, head of sector in the Ministry of Culture, director of the academic magazine for cultural policy “Orpheus Lyre”. Currently, Prof. Myumyun Tahirov is a full-time lecturer at the University of Library Science and Information Technologies and the University of National and World Economy in Sofia.
The main interests of Prof. Myumyun Tahirov, who is the author of over forty fiction, scientific and publicist books, are in the field of philosophy of history and art, axiology, semiotics, ethnodemography, intercultural communication. He is engaged in theoretical and applied research in the field of cultural and European integration, cultural anthropology, cultural management, communication and semiotics, axiology, cultural-historical heritage, ethnodemography and spiritual aspects of security. Winner of the award for journalism of the Kardzhali region.
Three times winner of the National Award for the story “We are all children of mother earth”. Winner of the National Literary Award “ Grandfather Yotso is Watching”. Nominated for the "Yordan Yovkov" National Literary Award. Winner of the award for fiction "Georgi Bratanov", Winner of the prestigious national literary award "Nikolay Haitov". It is awarded with a “GOLDEN BOOK” of the Council of the European Scientific and Cultural Community for contribution to the development and popularization of Bulgarian science and culture. For journalistic, writing and scientific activity, he was awarded the highest award of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists – Diploma and badge of honor “THE GOLDEN FEATHER”.
Bearer of the Diploma of Honor of the Union of Bulgarian Writers for contribution to the development of modern Bulgarian literature. For his contribution to the development and strengthening of Bulgarian culture and national identity, he was awarded the “GOLDEN CENTURY” – golden of the Ministry of Culture. Laureate of the Second edition of the international literary contest “The exquisite pen– 2019“, Chicago, USA.
In the presentation of the literary production for 2023, Iva Nikolova writes that Myumyun Tahirov irrefutably proves in the purest journalistic genre work that creativity is actually the totality of life and its meaning… And he does it without outbursts, but with a firmly and correctly expressed and defended position.
With extreme respect for the word, for the achievements and insights of humanity, for the research of science, for the current state of problems. Moreover, the very beginning of the book begins in such a way that there is not an iota of doubt in the author's knowledge of the matter, a researcher and, perhaps, even a heuristic. This work demonstrates the clarity of the writer, that he knows why he reached for the white paper and what he wants to say without having to explain it.