Anar Rasul oghlu Rzayev ( az, Anar Rəsul oğlu Rzayev), known as Anar (born 14 March 1938,

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), is Azerbaijani writer, dramatist, film director, and the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan. Anar is primarily a novelist and short-story writer although in the past, he has also authored screenplays and directed films as well as acted in a film.

Early years

Anar was born to the family of Azerbaijani poets Rasul Rza (1910–1981) and Nigar Rafibeyli (1913–1981).Me, You, Him and the Telephone
Azerbaijan International. Spring 2004, #12.1 After finishing a 10-year music school in

, he entered the Philology Department at the Baku State University. He later completed courses on screen writing and production in Moscow.Afsana Latifova. ''Poets and Writers of Azerbaijan''. Baku, 2006

Works

Anar began publishing in the 1960s. His works include: "Longing for the Holiday" (Bayram Həsrətində), "The Rain Stopped" (Yağış Kəsdi), "White Port" (Ağ Liman), "A Person's Person" (Adamın Adamı), "The Sixth Floor of the Five-Story Building" (Beşmərtəbəli Evin Altıncı Mərtəbəsi) later used for the movie '' Tahmina'', "Opportunity" (Macal), "I've Come to You" (Sizi Deyib Gəlmişəm), "Without You" (Sizsiz), "Summer Days of the City" (Şəhərin Yay Günləri), "Hotel Room" (Otel Otağı), and "Me, You, Him and the Telephone" (Mən, Sən, O və Telefon). He has written the scripts for various movies including ''Torpaq. Dəniz. Od. Səma'' ("The Land. The Sea. The Fire. The Sky"), ''Gün Keçdi'' (" The Day Passed") and '' Dədə Qorqud''. Anar was the scenarist and producer of the film ''Üzeyir Ömrü'' ("The Life of Uzeyir").

Recognition

Anar has been recognized with the following awards: Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan (1976), Azerbaijan State Prize (1980) and Istiglal Order (''Order of Sovereignty'') in 1998. Anar is the President of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan and was Member of the

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and National Assembly several times.

References

External links

Read "The Morning of That Night" in English – Azerbaijan International, Vol 7.1 (Summer 1999)
* ttp://www.azeri.org/Azeri/az_latin/latin_lit/az_literature/short_stories/Anar/anar_index.html Short stories by Anar in Azerbaijani at AZERI.org

Volumes Published in English

Volume 1: Dante's Jubilee & Other Short Stories
(2017) (PDF - Free download)
Volume 2: Hotel Room & Other Stories
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