Ali Kerim

Poet (b. 22 March 1931, Goychay / Azerbaijan – d. 30 June 1969, Moscow). He attended primary and secondary school in Goychay. He studied for three years in Meşedi Ezizbeyov State Institute of Literature, Faculty of Theater. He graduated from Maxim Gorky Institute of Literature in Moscow. He worked at different foundations and associations. His first poem is “Teze Müellim”(New Teacher). He was invited to Moscow. In there he died like most of Azeri intellectual. His grave is in Goychay.

WORKS:

İki Sevgi (Two Loves, 1960), Hemişe Seferde (At This Time, 1963), Gızıl Ganad (Red Wings, 1965), Gaytar Ana Borcunu (Give Up Your Right, Mother, 1970), Uşağlar ve Ulduzlar (Guys and Stars, 1971), Gız ve Kepenek (Girl and Felt Cloak, 1979), Gayıt (Registration, 1983).