Ali Valiyev

Ali Valiyev (27 February 1901 – 2 February 1983) was a prose-writer, the member of Union of Azerbaijani Writers, Azerbaijan People's Writer (June 9, 1974), the State reward prize-winner named after M. F. Akhundov.

Biography He studied in Shusha Public School (1923), Baku Central Public Council School (1924–25) and lecturers group. He entered to the history and community faculty of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute in 1928. His stories have been published in "Revolution and culture", "Assault", "In the literature front" and other newspapers and magazines. In 1930 he was appointed chief of the publicity and agitation department of Aghdam region party committee and editor of "Kolxoz sədası" newspaper. He has worked actively on party field in Lachin, Gubadli regions and Naxchivan province, at the same time he was responsible editor of "East door" and "Soviet Kurdustan" newspapers until 1937. In 1942-43 he worked in chargeable positions in Azerbaijan Art Workers Union, Baku region Executive Committee. Additionally, he worked as deputy editor and liable editor in "Communist" newspaper. For a time he worked as responsible secretary in Writers Union and as chargeable editor in "Azerbaijan" magazine and he engaged with literature till the end of his life.

Creativity He is one of outstanding figures of the Azerbaijani national literature. In his works he tried to reflect the public mood of the Azerbaijani village. In creativity of A. Valiyev that knows people's lives better the local color was reflected with all its richness. He is the author of "Travel of God", "Grandmother's spinning-wheel", "Snowy mountains", "Friends", "Evidence", "Gulshan", "Flowery", "Friends of heart", "Anaqiz", "A pair of star", "A pair of peregrine", "Tea-urn smokes", "Crane range", "Stars of time", "Worried mAn", "Past days", "Madar's epos" books. He died in 1983.

Selected works Allahın səyahəti (Travel of God)1930 Nənəmin cəhrəsi (Grandmother's spinning-wheel)1930 Qarlı dağlar (Snowy mountains)1938 Dostlar (Friends)1939 Ordenli çoban (Shepherd with order)1939 Qəhrəman (Hero)1940 Sübut (Evidence)1941 Cəbhə hekayələri (The front stories)1942 Gülşən (Gulshan)1953 Çiçəkli (Flowery)1955 Turaclıya gedən yol (The way gone to Turajli)1961 Anaqiz 1965 Bir cüt ulduz (A pair of star)1967 Bir cüt tərlan (A pair of peregrine)1968 Seçilmiş əsərləri (Selected works) 6 volumes, Baku, Azərnəşr-1968, 12,000 copies Seçilmiş əsərləri (Selected works) stories, novels 6 volumes, Azerbaijan State Book House-1969.12 000 copies Gülşən və ürək dostları (Gulshan and her close friends)1970 Ürək dostları (Close friends)1970 Samovar tüstülənir (Tea-urn smokes)1971 Durna qatarı (Crane range)1972 Budağın xatirələri (Budag's memories)1974 Zamanın ulduzları (Stars of time)1976 Narahat adam (Worried man)1978 Oçerklər (Essays)1978 Ötən günlər (Past days)1981 Madarın dastanı (Madar's epos)1988