Ali Valiyev


Ali Valiyev was a prose-writer, the member of Union of Azerbaijani Writers, Azerbaijan People's Writer, the State reward prize-winner named after M. F. Akhundov.

Biography

He studied in Shusha Public School, Baku Central Public Council School and lecturers group. He entered to the history and community faculty of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute in 1928. His stories have been published in "Revolution and culture", "Assault", "In the literature front" and other newspapers and magazines. In 1930 he was appointed chief of the publicity and agitation department of Aghdam region party committee and editor of "Kolxoz sədası" newspaper. He has worked actively on party field in Lachin, Gubadli regions and Naxchivan province, at the same time he was responsible editor of "East door" and "Soviet Kurdustan" newspapers until 1937. In 1942-43 he worked in chargeable positions in Azerbaijan Art Workers Union, Baku region Executive Committee. Additionally, he worked as deputy editor and liable editor in "Communist" newspaper. For a time he worked as responsible secretary in Writers Union and as chargeable editor in "Azerbaijan" magazine and he engaged with literature till the end of his life.

Creativity

He is one of outstanding figures of the Azerbaijani national literature. In his works he tried to reflect the public mood of the Azerbaijani village. In creativity of A. Valiyev that knows people's lives better the local color was reflected with all its richness. He is the author of "Travel of God", "Grandmother's spinning-wheel", "Snowy mountains", "Friends", "Evidence", "Gulshan", "Flowery", "Friends of heart", "Anaqiz", "A pair of star", "A pair of peregrine", "Tea-urn smokes", "Crane range", "Stars of time", "Worried mAn", "Past days", "Madar's epos" books. He died in 1983.

Selected works

  • Allahın səyahəti 1930
  • Nənəmin cəhrəsi 1930
  • Qarlı dağlar 1938
  • Dostlar 1939
  • Ordenli çoban 1939
  • Qəhrəman 1940
  • Sübut 1941
  • Cəbhə hekayələri 1942
  • Gülşən 1953
  • Çiçəkli 1955
  • Turaclıya gedən yol 1961
  • Anaqiz 1965
  • Bir cüt ulduz 1967
  • Bir cüt tərlan 1968
  • Seçilmiş əsərləri 6 volumes, Baku, Azərnəşr-1968, 12,000 copies
  • Seçilmiş əsərləri stories, novels 6 volumes, Azerbaijan State Book House-1969.12 000 copies
  • Gülşən və ürək dostları 1970
  • Ürək dostları 1970
  • Samovar tüstülənir 1971
  • Durna qatarı 1972
  • Budağın xatirələri 1974
  • Zamanın ulduzları 1976
  • Narahat adam 1978
  • Oçerklər 1978
  • Ötən günlər 1981
  • Madarın dastanı 1988