Suleyman Reshidi (; born Süleyman Həsən Oğlu Əliyev; 25 May 1927 – 21 February 2003) was an Azerbaijani dramatist.

Life

Suleyman Reshidi was born on May 25, 1927, in the city of Nakhchivan. He moved to

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

in 1951 to continue his education, and in the same year he entered

Azerbaijan Polytechnical Institute Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU; az, Azərbaycan Texniki Universiteti) is a public university, specialized in engineering, located in Baku, Azerbaijan. The University has 9 schools and 54 departments, 884 faculty members and approximately 65 ...

. He graduated from the institute in 1956 and successfully worked as an engineer for many years.

Work

Suleyman Reshidi's creative work was a big part his life. Putting his writing activity parallel to engineering he successfully managed to combine the two very different professions. Because of that, Suleyman Reshidi was known as the engineer-dramatist in art circles.

Theatre Plays

# The son of two mothers (''İki ananın bir oğlu'', 1960) # I'm searching for her (''Mən onu axtarıram'') # The Living Statue (''Canlı heykəl'', 1978) # The Guest # A Pen # Arzu fulfilled his wish # The power of youth # The present # Evil to goodness # Second lieutenant # May peace be upon them all (''Allah onlara rəhmət eləsin'', 1992) # My Ardabil (''Mənim Ərdəbilim'', 1995)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reshidi, Suleyman 1927 births 2003 deaths Azerbaijani dramatists and playwrights Azerbaijani screenwriters 20th-century screenwriters