Nüsrət Fətullayev

Nusrat Mohsun oghlu Fatullayev (, May 29, 1913 – October 1, 1987) was a stage designer, artist, People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR, and laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1972).

Biography Nusrat Fatullayev was born on May 29, 1913, in Lankaran. From 1930 to 1934, he studied at the Azerbaijan State Azim Azimzadeh Art School. In 1938, he was appointed the chief artist of the Azerbaijan National Drama Theatre, and he held that position until the end of his life.

He provided stage design for the comedy Hekayati Molla Ibrahim-Khalil Kimyagar (Mirza Fatali Akhundov, 1938) at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators, and for the operettas Arshin Mal Alan (Uzeyir Hajibeyov, 1972), Students' Trick (Rauf Hajiyev, 1940), and Young at Fifty Years Old (Zulfugar Hajibeyov, 1943) at the Azerbaijan State Academic Theatre of Musical Comedy. He worked as an artist for more than fifty plays, such as Almaz (Jafar Jabbarly, 1936), Vagif (Samad Vurgun, 1938), and Tahmina and Zaur (Anar, 1985) at the Azerbaijan State Drama Theater.

Nusrat Fatullayev died on October 1, 1987, in Baku. He was buried in the Second Alley of Honor.

Awards People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR: July 21, 1949 Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR: April 23, 1940 Stalin Prize: 1948 State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR: April 27, 1972 Order of the Red Banner of Labour: July 22, 1949 Order of the Badge of Honour: February 25, 1946; June 9, 1959