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ITAR-TASS, Russia
February 7, 2013 Thursday 08:30 PM GMT+4
Azerbaijanian writer deprived of honorary title and stipend
BAKU February 7
-- President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliyev has deprived prominent
Azerbaijanian writer Akram Aylisli of an honory title "People's
Writer" and a personal presidential stipend.
The reason was Aylisli's latest novel, titled Stone Dreams, which was
published in the Russian magazine People's Friendship last December.
The novel, which tells about a conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia
over Nagorny Karabakh, aroused a storm of indignation in Azerbaijan
where many people said that the writer distorted historic facts and
insulted his own people.
A resolution signed by the Azeri president says that the writer in his
latest novel distorted the realities connected with Azerbaijan's
history in a manner inappropriate for a writer in Azerbaijan. In his
novel the writer attempted to create an inhumane image of the Azeri
people and groundlessly accused them of conduct contravening the
generally accepted human values, the document said.
The writer attempted to falsify the essence of the Azeri-Armenian
conflict, slandered the history of the country, insulted more than a
million compatriots who were driven away from their homes as a result
of the conflict, the resolution says. It was pointed out that the
resolution, that deprives the writer of his honorary title and
presidential stipend, was adopted, taking into account numerous
complaints lodged by state and public organizations and ordinary
citizens.
February 7, 2013 Thursday 08:30 PM GMT+4
Azerbaijanian writer deprived of honorary title and stipend
BAKU February 7
-- President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliyev has deprived prominent
Azerbaijanian writer Akram Aylisli of an honory title "People's
Writer" and a personal presidential stipend.
The reason was Aylisli's latest novel, titled Stone Dreams, which was
published in the Russian magazine People's Friendship last December.
The novel, which tells about a conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia
over Nagorny Karabakh, aroused a storm of indignation in Azerbaijan
where many people said that the writer distorted historic facts and
insulted his own people.
A resolution signed by the Azeri president says that the writer in his
latest novel distorted the realities connected with Azerbaijan's
history in a manner inappropriate for a writer in Azerbaijan. In his
novel the writer attempted to create an inhumane image of the Azeri
people and groundlessly accused them of conduct contravening the
generally accepted human values, the document said.
The writer attempted to falsify the essence of the Azeri-Armenian
conflict, slandered the history of the country, insulted more than a
million compatriots who were driven away from their homes as a result
of the conflict, the resolution says. It was pointed out that the
resolution, that deprives the writer of his honorary title and
presidential stipend, was adopted, taking into account numerous
complaints lodged by state and public organizations and ordinary
citizens.