Rasul Rza
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Rasul Rza (real name Rasul Ibrahim oghlu Rzayev –
Soviet State Award and the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan. He was the husband of Azerbaijani writer Nigar Rafibeyli and the father of writer Anar Rzayev.[1]
Life and writings
Rasul Rza was born Rasul Ibrahim oglu Rzayev on May 19, 1910, in
USSR Union of Writers
(from 1964). From start of his writing career he adopted a shortened name Rasul Rza.
His first poem was called Bu gün (Today), published in
Lenin. In the 1960s, he began writing in a more philosophical tone relating his novels to intellectual themes, analytical thinking, philosophical approach to daily life and so forth. The lyrical poems, dramas and prose works he wrote hinted at a sustained and subtle criticism of the Soviet regime, for which he was banned from writing for a period of time.[2]
Additionally, he began composing songs to his poems.
He died in
The writers of Azerbaijan started a Rasul Rza Foundation and present awards to successful writers. It is chaired by Fikrat Goja.[4]References
- ^ "Reminscences of Uzeyir Hajibeyov". Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ^ Aesopian literary dimensions of Azerbaijani literature of the Soviet period. Maliheh S. Tyrrell, page 47
- ^ "Azerbaijani people's poet Rasul Rza commemorated in Ankara". Today. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
- ^ "Ceremony of presenting International Rasul Rza award held in Azerbaijan Writers' Union". APA. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
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