Akram Aylisli

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Əkrəm Nəcəf oğlu Naibov (Əylisli) (born December 6, 1937 in Baku ) is an Azerbaijani writer .

Life and literary creation

Akram Aylisli is one of the most famous writers in Azerbaijan, both of the Soviet and post-Soviet eras. He was born in 1937 in the mountain village of Aylis, in the Nakhichevan region , near the border with Armenia and Iran . Most of his works have to do with this village. His subtle short stories and novels , which lovingly depict the rural world of his homeland, are very popular in Azerbaijan and have been translated into over 30 languages. Akram Aylisli was awarded the title “Writer of the Nation” as well as the highest orders of Azerbaijan, the “Shokhrat” (honor) and the “Istigal” (independence). In 2005 he was elected to the Azerbaijani parliament as a representative of his home region.

Stone dreams

In December 2012 he published the novel Stone Dreams , in which he addressed the anti-Armenian pogroms in Baku in 1989/90 and the massacres that Turkish troops had perpetrated on the Armenians in his home village in 1918 . In the novel, the images of the near past merge with the stories of the old people from the village about the massacre. As early as 2006, the author could not make up his mind to publish the book. The decision to do so was made after Ramil Səfərov , an Azerbaijani lieutenant who had beheaded a sleeping Armenian officer with an ax in Hungary , was welcomed as a national hero in Baku. "When I saw how far you went and how you made a hero out of this real murderer, I couldn't take it any longer."

The publication had drastic consequences for Aylisli: President İlham Əliyev denied him the title “Writer of the Nation” and the pension. The Ministry of Education removed his works from the curriculum and his plays were banned in theaters. The Chairman of the Council of Caucasian Muslims , Sheikh Allahşükür Paşazadə , branded Akram Aylisli as an apostate. He was expelled from the Azerbaijani Writers' Union. The wife and son lost their jobs. A smear campaign began in the mass media and prominent representatives of the Azerbaijani intelligentsia - actors, writers and scientists - publicly renounced him. In Baku, Gantsche and in his home village demonstrations were organized by the authorities, during which the participants shouted “Death Akram Aylisli” and “Akram is an Armenian” and burned his books, to which the writer replied: “Should they burn all my books, they didn't save anyone. "

At a special session, members of parliament demanded that Akram Aylisli not only be deprived of all state honors, but also of his citizenship, and that a genetic analysis should be carried out to find out whether he might not be an Armenian. Aylisli replied: “Should I be an Armenian, this would have been known long ago. And I wouldn't be embarrassed in the least. "

Finally, the pro-government party announced Müasir Musavat to anyone who may cut the writer's ears, ten thousand manats (about 12,000 US dollars will pay). It was only the intervention of the international community - from u. a. Thanks to Human Rights Watch , the Helsinki Citizens' Forum, the Russian PEN Center, and the US State Department , the Azerbaijani authorities were forced to put the extremists in their place. Human Rights Watch called on the Azerbaijani government to "end [the] hostile campaign of intimidation".

Works

  • Gilas ağacı [ bird cherry tree ]. Uşaqgəncnəşr, Baku 1961, 47 pp.
  • Dağlara çən düşəndə [ When the mountains fell ]. Azərnəşr, Baku 1963, 56 pp.
  • Atalar və atasızlar [ fathers and fatherless ]. Azərnəşr, Baku 1965, 121 pp.
  • Mənim nəğməkar bibim [ My song is my aunt ]. Azərnəşr, Baku 1968
  • Adamlar və ağaclar [ men and trees ]. Gənclik, Baku 1970, 247 pp.
  • Kür qırağının meşələri [ forests of clay ]. Gənclik, Baku 1971, 50 pp.
  • Ürək yaman şeydir [ Heartbreaking ]. Gənclik, Baku 1973, Baku 152 pp.
  • Bu kənddən bir qatar keçdi [ A train from this village ]. Azərnəşr, Baku 1977, 267 pp.
  • Gilənar çiçəyinin dedikləri [ Wilted flower, they say ]. Yazıçı, Baku 1983, 438 pp.
  • Ədəbiyyat yanğısı [ literary fire ]. Yazıçı, Baku 1989.
  • Seçilmiş əsərləri (iki cilddə) [Selected works in two volumes]. I. Volume, Azərnəşr, Baku 1987, 497 pp.
  • Seçilmiş əsərləri (iki cilddə) [Selected works in two volumes]. Volume II, Azərnəşr, Baku 1987, 416 pp.
  • Möhtəşəm tıxac (novel) [ Big traffic jam ]
  • Daş yuxular (novel) [ stone dreams ]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ücüncü çağırış Azərbaycan Respublikası Milli Məclisinin deputatları haqqında seçildikləri tarixə olan qısa MƏLUMATLAR . Meclis.gov.az
  2. ↑ "Dreams of Stone"
  3. ↑ Ernst von Waldenfels: ax and pen. How the Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli went from living classic to enemy of the people. In: Deutschlandfunk . December 1, 2015, accessed December 20, 2018 (feature, 44 minutes).
  4. ↑ Azerbaijani President signs orders to deprive Akram Aylisli of presidential pension and honorary title , Trend.az.
  5. ↑ Распоряжение Президента Азербайджанской Республики о лишении Акрама Айлисли (Акрама Наджаф оглу Наибова) персональной пенсии Президента Азербайджанской Республики
  6. ↑ В Азербайджане изымают из школьных учебников произведения опального писателяПодробнее
  7. ↑ Духовенство Азербайджана призвало лишить Акрама Айлисли всех наград ( Memento from December 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Akram Aylisli: I will not leave the country! ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Novella's Sympathetic Portrayal of Armenians Causes Uproar in Azerbaijan
  10. ↑ Будь стоек, Акрам! ( Memento from December 10, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  11. ↑ В Азербайджане устроили травлю писателя, осудившего армянские погромы ( Memento from December 13, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  12. ↑ Несогласных похороним
  13. ↑ Bring me the ear of Akram Aylisli! Politician offers £ 8,000 for attack on writer
  14. ^ Human Rights Watch : Azerbaijan: Stop Harassing Writer
personal data
SURNAME Aylisli, Akram
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Naibov, Əkrəm Nəcəf oğlu (full name); Əylisli, Əkrəm; Naibov, Akram Nacaf oglu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Azerbaijani writer and former MP
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Baku