Suleyman Sani Akhundov
Suleyman Sani Rzagulu bey oghlu Akhundov (Süleyman Sani Rzaqulu bəy oğlu 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 distinguish himself from his namesake, Mirza Fatali Akhundov.
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Suleyman Sani Akhundov

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- Name
- Suleyman Sani Akhundov
- Born
- 3 October 1875
- Birthplace
- Shusha, Russian Empire
- Died
- 29 March 1939
- Place of death
- Baku, Azerbaijan
- Education
- Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Azerbaijan Democratic Republic · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- playwright · writer · journalist · poet · pedagogue
- Fields
- drama fiction · comedy
- Honours
- Hero of Labour
- Languages
- Azerbaijani
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Suleyman Sani Rzagulu bey oghlu Akhundov (Süleyman Sani Rzaqulu bəy oğlu 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 distinguish himself from his namesake, Mirza Fatali Akhundov.
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• Name — Suleyman Sani Akhundov • Born — 3 October 1875 • Birthplace — Shusha, Russian Empire • Died — 29 March 1939 • Place of death — Baku, Azerbaijan • Education — Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary
Life and contributions
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.
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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.
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Suleyman Sani Akhundov is recorded as having studied at Shusha Realni School and Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary.
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1875
Suleyman Sani Akhundov born at Shusha.
1939
Suleyman Sani Akhundov died at Baku.
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