Ilham Aliyev orders celebration of outstanding Azerbaijani poet's 150th jubilee

Under the order, the Ministries of Culture and Tourism, Foreign Affairs, Education and Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences are instructed to prepare a plan of action in collaboration with the Writers' Union. Sabir was a public figure, philosopher, teacher and a poet-innovator, he set up inspiring attitude to classical traditions, rejecting well-trodden ways in poetry.

Never before did the people's attitude to the world, the voice of Azerbaijani people find so splendid and complete embodiment, devoid of stylization, as in Sabir's writings. The most prominent of satirical publications was the Molla Nasraddin magazine.


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