Suleyman Sani Akhundov

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

Suleyman Sani Akhundov
BornSüleyman Sani Axundov
(1875-10-03)October 3, 1875
Shusha, Azerbaijan
DiedMarch 29, 1939(1939-03-29) (aged 63)
Baku, Azerbaijan
EducationTranscaucasian Teachers Seminary

Life and contributions

Akhundov was born to a noble family in Shusha (then part of the Russian Empire) and graduated from the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary (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 İkinci il ("The Second Year"), which was published in 1906. After Sovietization he served as Minister of Education of Azerbaijani SSR'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 and 1930, he was chosen as a member of the Baku Soviet, probationary member of the Executive Committee of Baku, and mesehver of the Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Creativity stories

Akhundov's first fictional piece, Tamahkar ("The Greedy One"), was written in 1899. Between 1912 and 1913 he wrote a pentalogy entitled Qorxulu nağıllar ("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 the 1905 Russian Revolution were concerned with social-political problems, highlighting them from the democratic position. In his works written after 1920 he continued with his 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 Suleyman Sani Akhundov.[2]

Legacy

There's a street named after Suleyman Sani Akhundov in Baku.

References
  1. (in Turkish) Suleyman Sani Akhundov Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. (in Russian) Suleyman Sani Akhundov Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine


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