In the history of letters, Mirza Fatali Akhundov is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Mirza Fatali Akhundov as Iranian Azerbaijani playwright and literary critic.
Mirza Fatali Akhundov was born at Shaki in 1812. His recorded nationality is Shaki Khanate. He was educated at Nukha Uyezd School.
The nineteenth century was the age of the serialised novel and mass literacy; writers reached audiences of a size never seen before.
He worked as writer, playwright and literary critic.
The writing is recorded in Arabic and Russian.
His work is classed as lyric poetry, drama and literary criticism.
A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
Recognition followed: Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class and Grand Officer of the Order of the Lion and the Sun.
That the work was written from Shaki Khanate matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Mirza Fatali Akhundov died in 1878, aged 66. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class
- Grand Officer of the Order of the Lion and the Sun
- Commander of the Order of the Lion and the Sun
- Genres: lyric poetry, drama and literary criticism
