Dilara Alakbar qizi Aliyeva (; 14 December 1929 – 19 April 1991) was an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

, translator,

Women's rights activist Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

and Member of The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan from 1990–1991.

Early life and education

Dilara Aliyeva was born on December 14, 1929, in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

, Georgia to the family of a

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. She received secondary education in the local

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-language school. She studied

Oriental studies Oriental studies is the academic field that studies Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology. In recent years, the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Middle Eastern studie ...

Baku State University Baku State University (BSU) (BDU; ) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established on 1 September 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the university started with faculties of history and philology, physics ...

. After receiving her B.A., she was admitted to a graduate program at the Nizami Institute of Language and Literature of the

National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) (, located in Baku, is the main state research organization and the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in Azerbaijan. It was ...

from which she switched to the Rustaveli Institute of Literature of the

Georgian Academy of Sciences The Georgian National Academy of Sciences (GNAS) ( ka, საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა ეროვნული აკადემია, tr) is the main learned society of Georgia. It was named the Georgia ...

. She worked on a dissertation on ''Reflection of Azerbaijani-Georgian literary relations in the literature of the XIX century'' and defended it in 1954.

Career

She later worked in several positions at the Nizami Institute, where she studied the literary heritage of the medieval poet Nizami and the historical interactions and comparisons between

and Georgian literature. Aliyeva became a senior researcher at the Institute and then the head of the Department of Ancient and Medieval Literature. She was also a senior researcher in the Department of Literary Relations and The Department of Legal Studies. She was a member of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan from 1960. In 1988, she received her Ph.D. in

philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

and joined the

Azerbaijan Popular Front The Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (APFP; , ) is a political party in Azerbaijan, founded in 1989 by Abulfaz Elchibey. Since Elchibey was ousted from power in the 1993 Azerbaijani coup d'état, 1993 military coup, the party has been one of the ...

, where she soon became one of its executives.

Contribution

Dilara Aliyeva founded the Azerbaijan Association for the Protection of Women's Rights. She died on 19 April 1991 in a car crash (in which the philologist Aydin Mammadov was also killed) and was buried in

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

. A street in Baku and the association founded by Dilara Aliyeva was named after her.

Works

Original publications in Azerbaijani: * Ürəkbir, diləkbir. Baku: Yazıçı, 1981, 217 pages. * "M. F. Akhundov and His Connections with Georgian Literature." — "Proceedings of the Unified Scientific Session of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Academies of Sciences of the Transcaucasian Republics on Social Sciences." Stenographic Report. — Baku: Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR, 1957, pp. 687–690. * "From the History of Azerbaijani-Georgian Literary Relations." — Baku: Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR, 1958. 177 pages. * "Azerbaijani Classical Writers on Georgia and Tbilisi." — "Zarya Vostoka" (Dawn of the East), 1958, No. 244, October 19. * "Glory to the Brotherhood of Nations." rom the History of Azerbaijani-Georgian Literary Relations — "Literature Georgia" 1974, No. 5, pp. 82–86. *"Nizami and Georgian Literature" — Baku: Elm, 1988. 212 pages.

Translations

Aliyeva was also the author of several translations into Azerbaijani: * Qardaşlar (hekayələr). (''Brothers'' (stories)) Baku: Azərnəşr, 1972, 122 pages. * Bir gecənin sevinci (hekayələr). (''The joy of one night'' (stories)) Baku: Gənclik, 1977, 82 pages. * Arçil Sulakauri. Aşağı-yuxarı (povest və hekayələr). (Archil Sulakauri, ''Up and down'' (narratives and stories)) Baku: 1978, 185 pages. * Şota Rustaveli. Pələng dərisi geymiş pəhləvan. (

Shota Rustaveli Shota Rustaveli ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველი, – after c. 1220), mononymously known simply as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet. He is considered to be the pre-eminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age and one of the g ...

, ''

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'') Baku: Elm, 1978, 201 pages. * Mixail Cavaxişvili. Torpaq çəkir. (

Mikheil Javakhishvili Mikheil Javakhishvili ( ka, მიხეილ ჯავახიშვილი; birth surname: Adamashvili ადამაშვილი) (20 November 1880 – 30 September 1937) was a Georgian and Soviet novelist who is regarded as one of the ...

, ''The ground draws'') Baku: Yazıçı, 1980, 248 pages. (şərikli). * İlya Çavçavadze. Dilənçinin hekayəti. (

Ilia Chavchavadze Tavadi, Tavadi (Prince) Ilia Chavchavadze ( ka, ილია ჭავჭავაძე; 27 October 1837 – 12 September 1907) was a Georgians, Georgian journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism ...

, ''The story of the beggar'') Baku: Yazıçı, 1987, 151 pages. * Kür Xəzərə qovuşur (gürcü ədəbiyyatından seçmələr). (''The Kura joins the Caspian'' (selections from Georgian literature)) Baku: Yazıçı, 1988, 383 pages. (şərikli).

References

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