Namjilyn Norovbanzad

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Namjilyn Norovbanzad; was a Mongolian singer of the traditional long song.
Born in Ulaan Oovo in the southern Dundgovi province of Mongolia, Norovbanzad grew up in a family of herders. Her father was Damdin and her other was Namjil. She started her working career as a typist at the provincial court in 1952. After winning several local and provincial singing competitions she moved to the capital city Ulaanbaatar to pursue her singing career full-time.
Norovbanzad was awarded Ardiyn jujigchin merit by the Government of Mongolia in 1969 and was voted the Singer of the Century by the people in 2000. In 1957 she won a gold medal of the World Festival of Youth and Students held in Moscow with 35,000 participants, and the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in the category "Arts and Culture" in 1993.