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| Ali Akbar | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1978-01-28) 28 January 1978 (age 46) Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Education | Marmara 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. He continued to work in Turkey as the head of the communications department and translator at the Kaknus publishing house. 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 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.
References
- "Heç kəsə deyiləsi sözüm yoxdur". Alatoran (in Azerbaijani). 2004. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- "Əli Əkbər ilə müsahibə". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
- ROBINSON, MATT (22 March 2009). "Novel of gay love brings out the police". Los Angeles Times.
- "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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