Suleyman Sani Akhundov

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Suleyman Sani Akhundov

Born	Süleyman Sani Axundov (1875-10-03)October 3, 1875 Shusha, Azerbaijan
Died	March 29, 1939(1939-03-29) (aged 63) Baku, Azerbaijan
Education	Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary

Suleyman Sani Akhundov (Azeri: Süleyman Sani Axundov) (3 October 1875, Shusha – 29 March 1939, Baku) was an Azerbaijani playwright, journalist, children's author, and teacher. He chose the name Sani (Arabic for "the second") to avoid confusion with his namesake, Mirza Fatali Akhundov.^[1]

Life and contributions

Akhundov was born to a bey family in Shusha (then part of the Russian Empire, now a city in Azerbaijan) and graduated from the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary (in present-day Gori, Georgia) in 1894. He was involved in teaching and journalism for the rest of his life. He was the co-author of the Azeri language textbook Ikinji il ("The Second Year") published in 1906. After Sovietization he served as Minister of Education of Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast for a short period of time. In 1922, Suleyman Sani Akhundov was chosen the first chairman of the Union of Writers and Poets of Azerbaijan. In 1932, he was awarded an honorary title of the Hero of Labour for his merits in literary and pedagogical activity. Between 1920-1930, he was chosen the member of Baku Soviet, probationary member of the Executive Committee of Baku, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Creativity

His first fictional piece called Tamahkar ("The Greedy One") was written in 1899. Between 1912 and 1913 he wrote a pentalogy entitled Gorkhulu naghillar ("Scary Stories"), which dealt with the theme of poverty and social inequality and therefore became one of the most popular children books later in the Soviet epoch. Works written by the writer after Russian Revolution in 1905, concerned with social-political problems, highlighting them from the democratic position. In his works written after 1920 he continues with the criticism of patriarchal norms, social backwardness, and despotism of the ruling class, and describes the expectations of people from the newly established political system. Such works as "Fortune's wheel" (1921), "Falcon's nest" (1921), "Love and revenge" (1922) drama were written by the writer.^[2]

Memory

One of the streets of Baku was named after Suleyman Sani Akhundov.

References

↑ (Turkish) Suleyman Sani Akhundov
↑ (Russian) Suleyman Sani Akhundov

External links

(Azerbaijani) Scary Stories by Suleyman Sani Akhundov

v t e Azerbaijani literature

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Modern	Molla Panah Vagif Molla Vali Vidadi Mirza Shafi Vazeh Firidun bey Kocharli Khurshidbanu Natavan Abbasgulu Bakikhanov Mirza Fatali Akhundov Gasim bey Zakir Ali bey Huseynzade Seyid Azim Shirvani Hasan bey Zardabi Mirza Alakbar Sabir Seyid Abulgasim Nabati Zeynalabdin Shirvani Heyran Khanim Ali Mojuz Jalil Mammadguluzadeh Nariman Narimanov Jafargulu agha Javanshir Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev Ismayil bey Gutgashynly Sakina Akhundzadeh Hashim bey Vazirov Mehdigulu Khan Vafa Suleyman Sani Akhundov Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli Mammed Said Ordubadi Najaf bey Vazirov Ashig Alasgar Mahammad Hadi Abbas Sahhat Abdulla Shaig Huseyn Javid Jafar Jabbarly Ali Nazmi Mikayil Mushfig Samad Vurgun Aliagha Vahid Mirza Khazar Mir Jalal Pashayev Ahmad Javad

Contemporary	Suleyman Rustam Ali Nazem Ilyas Afandiyev Rasul Rza Nigar Rafibeyli Mirza Ibrahimov Almas Ildyrym Mirvarid Dilbazi Ismayil Shykhly Manaf Suleymanov Baba Punhan Anar Rzayev Fikrat Goja Bahar Shirvani Nusrat Kasamanli Elchin Efendiyev Khalil Rza Uluturk Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi Mammad Araz Magsud Ibrahimbeyov Rustam Ibragimbekov Chingiz Abdullayev Natig Rasulzadeh Afag Masud Akram Aylisli Ramiz Rovshan Naser Manzuri Samad Behrangi Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar Madina Gulgun Samin Baghtcheban Jabbar Baghtcheban Sahand Saher Yadollah Maftun Amini Mehdi Huseyn Vidadi Babanli Gholamhossein Bigdeli Hidayet Lala Hasanova Narmin Kamal Gasham Najafzadeh Ali Akbar

Notes	Azerbaijani is the official language of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Dagestan and also widely spoken in Iran, Turkey, Russia and Georgia

Persondata
Name	Akhundov, Suleyman Sani
Alternative names
Short description	Playwright, journalist, children's author, and teacher
Date of birth	3 October 1875
Place of birth	Shusha, Azerbaijan
Date of death	29 March 1939
Place of death	Baku, Azerbaijan

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