Doctor of philological sciences, chief researcher of the department "Azerbaijan literature of the period of Independence" of the Literature Institute named after Nizami of the National Academy of the Azerbaijan of Republic Sharifova Salida Shammad’s daughter was awarded the Rasul Rza Literature Fund on May 19, 2017.
It should be noted that in 2017 the prizes of Rasul Rza were awarded to poet Musa Yagub, academician Nizami Jafarov, writer Sayad Aran, as well as other well-known literary figures.
