Fazu Aliyeva (5 December 1932 – 1 January 2016) was an Avar-speaking

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-born

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n poet, novelist and journalist. She played a significant role in the development of Avar in Russian literature. She was also a

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Overview

Aliyeva was born in the Khunzakhsky District of

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. From 1954-1955, Fazu Aliyeva studied at Dagestan State Pedagogical University. In 1961 she graduated from the

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. She was a member of the

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as well as the

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(until 2006). Aliyeva was awarded two Orders of the "Badge of Honor", two Orders of Friendship of Peoples and the Order of St. Andrew in 2002. She was awarded the Gold Medal of the Soviet Peace Fund, the Jubilee Medal of the

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, and honorary awards in several foreign countries. Aliyeva died in

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, Dagestan, Russia, on 1 January 2016, from

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at the age of 83.

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