Magsud Mammadibrahim oglu Ibrahimbeyov, also spelled Ibragimbekov (; 11 May 1935 – 22 March 2016), was a

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and

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i writer and member of the

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Life and contributions

Ibrahimbeyov was born in

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to Mammad Ibrahimbeyov and Fatima Meshadibeyova. He was the older brother of

Rustam Ibragimbekov Rustam Mammad Ibrahim oghlu Ibrahimbeyov (or Ibrahimbekov; ; ; 5 February 1939 – 11 March 2022) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani screenwriter, playwright and producer, well known beyond his home Azerbaijan and the former Soviet Union. He was the c ...

, a prominent Azerbaijani screenwriter. In 1960, he received a B.A. in Industrial and Civil Construction from Baku Polytechnical Institute. He later worked at the

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Ministry of Construction and tried himself as a reporter representing Azerbaijan at the All-Union Radio and Television. At this stage he began focusing on literary studies and attended courses for advanced screenwriting and directing in

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from 1960 until 1964. Since after that time he became known as a

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i writer. Some of his plays were later acted out in theatres throughout the Soviet Union. He also wrote screenplays for 12 feature-length movies and 11 documentary films.

Politics and criticism

Magsud Ibrahimbeyov entered politics in 1985. He was elected to the National Assembly of Azerbaijan twice: in 2000 and in 2004. Even though during the elections he ran as an independent candidate, he was known for his extreme loyalty to the ruling

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.Magsud Ibrahimbeyov's Big Joy
by Georgi Zaslavsky. ''Nezavisimaya Gazeta''. 13 May 2005 When in 2005 an independent Azerbaijani journalist Elmar Huseynov (famous for his criticism of Azerbaijani authorities) was murdered, Ibrahimbeyov refused to stand in his memory during a minute of silence in the Azerbaijani parliament, which provoked severe criticism and hostility towards him.

References

External links

Short stories by Ibrahimbeyov:
The Pistachio Tree
(1962)

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