Asger agha Gorani
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| birth_date = 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1857
| birth_place = Goran-Boyahmedli, Russian Empire
| death_date = 22 March [O.S. 9 March] 1910
| death_place = Elizavetpol, Russian Empire
| education = Petrovsky Agricultural Academy
| occupation = Writer, actor, theater critic, translator and journalist
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Asger agha Gorani or Asger bey Adigozalov (Azerbaijani: Əsgər ağa Gorani; b. {{OldStyleDateNY|15 April|3 April}} 1857, Goran-Boyahmedli, Elizavetpol uezd, Tiflis Governorate – d. {{OldStyleDateNY|22 March|9 March}} 1910, Elizavetpol) was an ethnic Azerbaijani writer, actor, theater critic, translator and journalist in the Russian Empire.{{cite web |url= https://azertag.az/xeber/Asger_aga_Gorani_yaradiciligi___qaranliqdan_isiga-1114810 |archiveurl =|archivedate = |title = Əsgər ağa Gorani yaradıcılığı – qaranlıqdan işığa
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Life
Asger agha Gorani was born on {{OldStyleDateNY|15 April|3 April}} 1857 in the village of Goran-Boyahmedli. He was the grandson of the Azerbaijani historian, the author of the historical work "Karabakh-name" Mirza Adigozal bey.{{sfn|Театральная энциклопедия|1961|p=1214}} His family was originally from Shusha.{{sfn|Мурадов|2017|p=10}} He graduated from the Baku City Gymnasium with a gold medal. Then he entered the Petrovsky Agricultural Academy in Moscow. After graduating from the academy in 1878, he returned to his homeland.{{sfn|Мурадов|2017|p=11}}
He was a provincial secretary, collegiate assessor, property adviser. He worked as an assistant judge of the county judge of the Elizavetpol (Ganja) province, assistant prosecutor in the prosecutor's office of the Tiflis district court, head of the Elizavetpol (Ganja) municipality for five years, honorary warden of the Mikhailovskaya school in c (Ganja). In Elizavetpol, at his own expense, he opened a school for girls.
He died on {{OldStyleDateNY|22 March|9 March}} 1910 in Elizavetpol, and was buried in the old city cemetery Sabiskar. Turbe was erected over his grave.{{sfn|Мурадов|2017|p=11}}
Creativity
Asger agha Gorani was one of the first Azerbaijani theatrical actors. While still a schoolboy, he took part in amateur performances by M. F. Akhundov. In 1873, in the comedy "Adventures of the Lankaran Khanate Vizier" he played the role of Teymur aga, a little later he played the main role in the comedy "Haji Kara".{{sfn|Мурадов|2017|p=11}}{{sfn|Театральная энциклопедия|1961|p=1215}}{{cite web
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Asger agha was the author of theatrical and artistic works. In his comedy "Tricks in old age" (published in 1892 in Tiflis), feudal-patriarchal mores are criticized.{{sfn|Театральная энциклопедия|1961|p=1216}} Adygezalov's novel "The Black Wind" is dedicated to the campaign of Agha Mohammed Shah Qajar to the Caucasus. He also wrote the play "Qocalıqda yorğalıq" and the vaudeville "Hənək, hənək, axırı dəyənək". He translated some poetic works of Pushkin and Lermontov into Azerbaijani.{{sfn|Мурадов|2017|p=11}}
See also
References
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Sources
- {{cite book |last1=Guliev|first1=Jamil |last2= |first2= |title= Azərbaycan Sovet Ensiklopediyası|location=Baku|publisher=ASE Redaksiyası|year=1986|isbn=}}
- {{cite encyclopedia |title=Адигезалов Аскер-бек |encyclopedia=Театральная энциклопедия |volume=1 |date=1961 |publisher=Советская энциклопедия |location=Moscow |ref=CITEREFТеатральная_энциклопедия1961}}
- {{cite web |last=Мурадов |first=Закир |title=Ко Дню национальной прессы и 160-летию со дня рождения Аскера ага Герани |url=http://www.anl.az/down/meqale/kaspi/2017/iyul/551696.htm |date=22 July 2017 |website=www.anl.az |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626210556/http://www.anl.az/down/meqale/kaspi/2017/iyul/551696.htm |archive-date=26 June 2020}}
Category:Male actors from the Russian Empire
Category:Writers from the Russian Empire
Category:Azerbaijani publicists