Anar Rzayev
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| birth_place = Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
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| education = Bachelor of Arts
| alma_mater = Baku State University
| occupation = Writer, dramatist, film director
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Anar Rasul oghlu Rzayev ({{langx|az|Anar Rəsul oğlu Rzayev}}; born 14 March 1938, Baku), known mononymously as Anar, is an 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.{{Cite web|date=2015-01-19|title=Anar, born to be writer|url=https://www.azernews.az/culture/75593.html|access-date=2020-12-19|website=AzerNews.az|language=en}}
Early years
Anar was born to the family of Azerbaijani poets Rasul Rza (1910–1981) and Nigar Rafibeyli (1913–1981).[http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai121_folder/121_articles/121_short_story_anar.html Me, You, Him and the Telephone]. Azerbaijan International. Spring 2004, #12.1 After finishing a 10-year music school in Baku, he entered the Philology Department at the Baku State University. He later completed courses on screenwriting 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-Storey 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 a Member of the Supreme Soviet and National Assembly several times.
References
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External links
- [http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/71_folder/71_articles/71_anar.html Read "The Morning of That Night" in English – Azerbaijan International, Vol 7.1 (Summer 1999)]
- [http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai121_folder/121_articles/121_short_story_anar.html Read "Me, You, Him and the Telephone" in English – Azerbaijan International, Vol 12.1 (Summer 2004)]
- [http://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
- [https://www.academia.edu/32787583/Dantes_Jubilee_and_Other_Short_Stories_by_ANAR_Rezayev_ Volume 1: Dante's Jubilee & Other Short Stories] (2017) (PDF – Free download)
- [https://www.academia.edu/33067466/Hotel_Room_and_Other_Stories_by_ANAR_Rezayev Volume 2: Hotel Room & Other Stories] (2017) (PDF – Free download)
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Category:Azerbaijani film directors
Category:Members of the National Assembly (Azerbaijan)
Category:Members of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
Category:Recipients of the Istiglal Order
Category:20th-century Azerbaijani dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century Azerbaijani dramatists and playwrights