Writer (b. 14 March 1938, Baku / Azerbaijan). His full name is Anar Rızayev. In his
works, he used only the name Anar. He was one from the generation of city
writers of contemporary Azerbaijan literature. His father is the famous poet of Azerbaijan, Resul Rıza, who wrote by free meter (1910-81); and again his mother was
one of the famous poets Nigâr Refibeyli (1913-1981). He graduated from Azerbaijan State University, Faculty of Language
and Literature (1960). He took scenario and directorship master education in
Moscow. He worked as a researcher in Nizami Literature Museum and as an editor
and branch director in State Television Radio Corporation. Anar, who has been
working as the chairman of Azerbaijan
Writers’ Association for fifteen years, is a deputy at the Azerbaijan Parliament at the same time, and is
the commission head of Azerbaijan-Turkey
Commission for Fraternity.
As well as his stories since 1960, his
plays, novels, essays and articles were translated into more than thirty
languages. He got the title of State Artist in 1975 and in 1980 he got the
State Award. He was promoted as the editor of the fine arts periodical called Gobustan in 1968. At present, he is the
head writer of this periodical. In May 2003, a symposium on his works and personality
as a man of literature was organized by Turkic World Literature and Art
Foundation and it was called “The Works of Anar, One of the Representatives of
Contemporary Turkish World Literature, and Glances to Art World”. He
participated in 5th International Poetry Feast that was organized by
Turkish Writers’ Association in Strasbourg (France) in 2003.
WORKS:
Geçen
Yılın Son Gecesi (Last
Night of the Last Year), Bayram
Hasretinde (Longing for Bayram),
Dante'nin Kutlaması (Celebration of Dante), Yağış Kesti (Rain Has Finished), Akliman, Molla Nasreddin 66, İlişki (The Relation), Adamın Adamı (Man of the Man), Mecal (Strenght), Beş Katlı Binanın Altıncı Katı (Sixth Floor of the Building with
Five Floors, novel, told by Yusuf Gedikli, 1995), Dede Korkut (story, 1999), Siz
Deyip Geldim (I Came for You), Şehrin
Yaz Günleri (Summer days of the City),
Sıraselvilerde Bir Otel Odası (An Hotel Room at Sıraselviler, 2000), Bir Fırsat Bulsam (If I Had a Chance), Sizsiz (Without You), Azerbaycançılık Hakkında Düşünceler
(Thoughts on Azerbaijanism, booklet,
Turkish-Russian, 2003), Bir Fırsat Bulsam (If I Had a Chance, 2005,
short story), Dante’nin Jübilesi (Jubilee
of Dante, 2005, short story).
