An outstanding playwright, a popular writer of Azerbaijan Ilyas Afandiyev was born on May 28, 1914 in Fizuli, located in one of the most beautiful corners of Azerbaijan– Karabakh. Although, most of his life and career Ilyas Afanliyev spent in the Soviet period, the writer, not bowing the head before anything, portrayed the life in the fullness of all its positive and negative features. Ilyas Afandiyev’s skill lies in the fact that he was able to convey a decoratively designed call to fight for the human rights, freedom and
independence to the readers.
Having the highest honorary state awards and medals, Ilyas Afandiyev always distinguished among his contemporaries for his love for freedom and as a non-partisan.

An outstanding playwright, a popular writer of Azerbaijan Ilyas Afandiyev was born on May 28, 1914 in Fizuli, located in one of the most beautiful corners of Azerbaijan– Karabakh. Although, most of his life and career Ilyas Afanliyev spent in the Soviet period, the writer, not bowing the head before anything, portrayed the life in the fullness of all its positive and negative features. Ilyas Afandiyev’s skill lies in the fact that he was able to convey a decoratively designed call to fight for the human rights, freedom and independence to the readers. Having the highest honorary state awards and medals, Ilyas Afandiyev always distinguished among his contemporaries for his love for freedom and as a non-partisan.

Modernity and innovation – these are the characteristic features of the literary heritage of Ilyas Afandiyev, who was constantly in creative research, development of new themes and art forms.
Ilyas Afandiyev primarily is a master of a psychological drama. Through the prism of  individual destiny of a hero, he showed starkly how the whole generation lived from which the hero had been taken. His plays distinguish themselves deeply by their originality, problematical character, subtle lyricism, typical characters borrowed from the life itself. Ilyas Afandiyev’s craftsmanship and purposefulness allowed him to create his drama school, where a whole galaxy of prominent Azerbaijani theatre workers was formed.

Ilyas Afandiyev’s peculiar creativity will always be actual, because he always lived and worked  adhering to his high humanitarian ideals. The author of more than 80 works, including plays, novels, short stories and essays, Ilyas Afandiyev was widely well-known to Azerbaijani and foreign audience through dozens of plays which had been translated into various languages and staged in theatres around the world. Such a great interest in the work of the playwright is not accidental – to be both classic and contemporary for the
readers and audience is a very difficult task for a writer.
Honor and purity – are criteria of human dignity. Honest and kind people – Ilyas Afandiyev’s heroes live in his works, live among us, in our hearts and in our memories.

Honorary Titles

1949:

The Order of Honor (“Sharaf Nishani”)

1960:

“Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan”

1971:

The Red Banner of Labor

1972:

Republican State Prize

1974:

the “People’s Writer”

1994:

The Order of Glory

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