Husein Abbaszade’s Novel “The General” Published for the First Time in Latin Alphabet
The 100th anniversary of Husein Abbaszade, the People’s Writer of Azerbaijan, Honoured Art Worker, is celebrated on November 22 current year.
The writer, who began his creativity with patriotic poems during the Second World War, he was a direct participant of the war, remained true to this theme and from time to time wrote several novels and short stories that instil his readers in feelings of love for the Motherland, selflessness and courage.
“The General”, “Whirls”, “In the Surf”, “Where are you from, Monsieur Abel?”, “The Story of Karadag”, “Shadow Falls on the House”, “Guest from afar”, to name a few by Husein Abbaszade retain their relevance and importance to the present day with their national flavour, authenticity, and the ability to talk to readers of every era in their language.
The novel “The General”, telling about the courage and military valour of Hazi Aslanov, the legendary Azerbaijani General, Major General of the Guards of Tank Forces, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, is one of the rare documentary and historical works written on military patriotism in our national literature.
The book, published for the first time in the Latin Alphabet by the State Translation Centre in honour of the writer’s jubilee, will be available one of these days at one of the many bookstore locations listed below in the coming days:
‘Libraff’
‘Kitabevim.az’
‘Akademkitab’
‘Akademiya’ book house
‘Baku Book Center’
‘Chiraq’ Book House
Book house of the Presidential Administration of the Azerbaijan Republic
Sales kiosk of the Azerbaijan University of Languages
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Orkhan Fikretoglu’s creativity on Spanish Literary Portal
“Alquibla”, the popular Spanish literature portal, has posted in Spanish the short story “The Tale of the Last Valiant” by Orkhan Fikretoglu, a popular Azerbaijani writer, as part of the AzSTC project “Azerbaijan Literature in an International Virtual World.”
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The Book “Heydar Aliyev and Georgia” Presented in Tbilisi
The presentation ceremony of the book “Heydar Aliyev and Georgia” dedicated to the “Year of Heydar Aliyev” and published by the leading Georgian “Merani” Publishing House has been held in Tbilisi. In her opening speech at the event launched in the large assembly hall of the Parliament of Georgia Makvala Gonashvili, the Chairman of the Writers’ Union of Georgia and winner of the Rustaveli State Prize, spoke about Heydar Aliyev’s decisive role in the political, economic and social life of Georgia in the difficult periods of its history and energy projects thanks to which fundamental changes in the field of policy and economic realities in the region had been achieved. Then, Afag Masud, the Board Chair of the Azerbaijan State Translation Centre and People’s Writer took the floor.
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The Book “Heydar Aliyev and Georgia” Is Out
The book “Heydar Aliyev and Georgia”, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founder of modern Azerbaijan, the world-famous political figure Heydar Aliyev, has been published in Tbilisi by the joint efforts of the Georgian intelligentsia and the Azerbaijan State Translation Centre (AzSTC).
