Ali Akbar (writer)

Ali Akbar
Born (1978-01-28) 28 January 1978 (age 46)
Baku, Azerbaijan
EducationMarmara University,
Occupation(s)journalist and writer

Alakbar Aliagha oglu Aliyev, commonly known as Alekper Aliyev or Ali Akbar (Azerbaijani: Aləkpər Əliyev, Əli Əkbər; born 28 January 1978), is an Azerbaijani journalist, translator and writer based in Switzerland.

Aliyev attended a public school in Baku but after the eighth grade, he continued his secondary education in Turkey. In 1996, he was admitted to Marmara University and graduated with a degree in journalism in 2000.[1] He continued to work in Turkey as the head of the communications department and translator at the Kaknus publishing house.[2] Akbar's works mainly deal with the taboos in Azerbaijani society. He has written four novels to this day and is also the editor-in-chief of the Kultura.az website.

In 2009, Alekper Aliyev published a book entitled Artush and Zaur, a homosexual love tale between an Armenian and an Azerbaijani who felt apart after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The book became highly controversial and was banned in bookstores in both Armenia and Azerbaijan[3] which for the past two decades have been bitter rivals due to the ongoing ethnic conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and where homosexuality is still highly stigmatised.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Heç kəsə deyiləsi sözüm yoxdur". Alatoran (in Azerbaijani). 2004. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Əli Əkbər ilə müsahibə". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  3. ^ ROBINSON, MATT (22 March 2009). "Novel of gay love brings out the police". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ "Ali Akbar's book "Artush and Zaur" - banned from bookstores". Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
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