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Author of Stone Dreams goes from Azerbaijan to Turkey
by David Stepanyan
Saturday, August 9, 16:10
Akram Aylisli, whose Stone Dreams novella has caused scandal and
anti-Armenian hysteria in Azerbaijan, has gone from Azerbaijan to
Turkey.
According to AzVision.az, the writer is currently in Marmaris. He has
not yet explained why he has left Azerbaijan.
Aylisli is an Azerbaijani writer, novelist and former member of
parliament. His works have been translated from his native Azerbaijani
into a number of languages in the former Soviet Union and around the
world. He was decorated by the President of Azerbaijan with the
prestigious Istiglal (2002) and Shokhrat orders.
In 2013, after the publication of Aylisli's Stone Dreams novella,
which depicted the pogroms carried out by Azerbaijanis against the
Armenians in Sumgait and Baku and presented Armenians in sympathetic
light, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree that
stripped Aylisli of the title of People's Writer and the presidential
pension. His books were burnt by Azerbaijani intelligentsia and
compatriots in his hometown.
In March 2014, a formal request was made by various public figures
throughout the world to nominate Aylisli for the Nobel Peace Prize.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=3B2400A0-1FBE-11E4-AFF20EB7C0D21663
by David Stepanyan
Saturday, August 9, 16:10
Akram Aylisli, whose Stone Dreams novella has caused scandal and
anti-Armenian hysteria in Azerbaijan, has gone from Azerbaijan to
Turkey.
According to AzVision.az, the writer is currently in Marmaris. He has
not yet explained why he has left Azerbaijan.
Aylisli is an Azerbaijani writer, novelist and former member of
parliament. His works have been translated from his native Azerbaijani
into a number of languages in the former Soviet Union and around the
world. He was decorated by the President of Azerbaijan with the
prestigious Istiglal (2002) and Shokhrat orders.
In 2013, after the publication of Aylisli's Stone Dreams novella,
which depicted the pogroms carried out by Azerbaijanis against the
Armenians in Sumgait and Baku and presented Armenians in sympathetic
light, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree that
stripped Aylisli of the title of People's Writer and the presidential
pension. His books were burnt by Azerbaijani intelligentsia and
compatriots in his hometown.
In March 2014, a formal request was made by various public figures
throughout the world to nominate Aylisli for the Nobel Peace Prize.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=3B2400A0-1FBE-11E4-AFF20EB7C0D21663