Ilyas Mahammad oglu Afandiyev ( az, Əfəndiyev İlyas Məhəmməd oğlu) was an

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writer, member of Azerbaijan Union of Writers (1940), Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan (1960), laureate of the State Prize of Azerbaijan (1972)Ədəbiyyat, incəsənət və arxitektura sahəsində 1972-ci il Azərbaycan SSR Dövlət mükafatlarının verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan KP MK-nın və Azərbaycan SSR Nazirlər Sovetinin 1972-ci il tarixli Qərarı
— anl.az and People’s Writer of Azerbaijan (1979).Respublikanın ədəbiyyat xadimlərinə Azərbaycan SSR fəxri adlarının verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan SSR Ali Soveti Rəyasət Heyətinin 30 iyul 1979-cu il tarixli Fərmanı
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Biography

Ilyas Afandiyev was born on 26 May 1914 in Karyagino,

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). In 1938, he graduated from the Lenin Azerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute in

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. In 1939, his “Letters from the village” collection was published. In 1945, his “Serene nights” collection of stories was published. The collections are dedicated to the Soviet intelligentsia. Afandiyev was also noted as a playwright covering psychological themes which are still performed. He was the author of novels, sketches and literary-critical articles. Afandiyev died on 3 October 1996 in Baku and was buried in the city's

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Works

Plays

* Expectation (1940) * Bright ways (1947) * Spring floods (1948) * The Atayevs’ family (1954) * You are always with me (1965) * My guilt (1969) * A devil came from a fiery desert * A chandelier for ten mantas * Believe in us * I can’t forget (1968) * Erased diaries (1970) * The song stayed in the mountains (1971) * Weird boy (1973) * Voice coming from the gardens (1976) *

Khurshidbanu Natavan Khurshidbanu Natavan ( az, خورشیدبانو ناتوان / Xurşidbanu Natəvan; 6 August 1832 – 2 October 1897) was an Azerbaijani poet and philanthropist. She is considered one of the best lyrical poets of Azerbaijan. Her poems are in ei ...

(1980) * In the crystal palace * Shaikh Khiyabani (1986) * Our strange destiny (1988) * Sweethearts coupling in the hell (1989) * A single

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tree (1991) * Sensible and mad men (1992) * The ruler and a girl (1994)

Novels

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channel (1958) * Cornel bridge (1960) * Three friends beyond mountains (1964) * Plane tree of khan * Fairy tale of

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and Valeh (1976-1978) * Old man, don’t look back (1980)

References

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