(MENAFN- AzerNews) Within the framework of the Vagif Poetry Days, dedicated to the
prominent Azerbaijani poet Molla Panah Vagif, held in the city of
Shusha, organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Ministry of
Culture and the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan, the presentation of
the book called "100 Years of Eternal Life", dedicated to the Great
Leader Heydar Aliyev was held at the Mehmandarovs' Estate Complex,
Azernews reports, citing Trend.
The scientific conference "The Eternal Creativity of Molla Panah
Vagif in the plane of the Turkic heritage" was also held within the
event.
The "100 Years of Eternal Life", published by the Writers' Union
of Azerbaijan and dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Heydar
Aliyev, contains memoirs of famous poets, writers and scientists
about the Great Leader in the form of essays, telling about the
care and attention of Heydar Aliyev to artist, a huge contribution
to the development of national art. At the presentation ceremony,
information about the book was provided by Secretary of the
Writers' Union of Azerbaijan, Honored Artist and editor of the
book, Elchin Huseynbayli.
A special place in the book is given to a historical event -
January 14, 1982 - when the mausoleum of Molla Panah Vagif and the
House of Poetry were inaugurated in Shusha with the participation
of Heydar Aliyev. It was during this trip that the National Leader
gave instructions to hold Vagif Poetry Days. This is a unique event
in the history of modern Azerbaijani literature, which has been
held from that day until 1991 annually in the poet's homeland - in
Gazakh and ended at the magnificent Jidir duzu (Jidir Plain) in
Shusha.
After the liberation of the city of Shusha from the Armenian
occupation as a result of the heroic victory of the Azerbaijani
Army under the leadership of President of Azerbaijan, Supreme
Commander-in-Chief, Ilham Aliyev, Vagif Poetry Days event, which
has a 41-year history, is once again held in its homeland - in the
cultural capital of Azerbaijan.
The mausoleum of Molla Panah Vagif, like all other historical
monuments, was subjected to Armenian vandalism, but was completely
restored by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and was reopened in August
2021. Vagif Poetry Days are held for the third year in a row after
the liberation of the city of Shusha.
People's writer Chingiz Abdullayev, Honored Worker of Culture
Rashad Medjid, Honored Artist Baba Veziroglu, Vice-President of the
TURKSOY Union of Writers Salim Babullaoglu and others spoke at the
scientific conference named "Eternal creativity of Molla Panah
Vagif in the plane of the Turkic heritage".
Vagif is one of the last outstanding poets of Azerbaijan during
the Middle Ages and the first poet of a new realistic poetry close
to folk art. Vagif's work is saturated with bright colors of the
singer of earthly love, spiritual beauty and splendor of native
nature, which had a great influence on the development of national
poetry and music. Optimism, richness of images, honed artistic
skill, lively and expressive language - these are the most
significant features of his work. Such poetic form as goshma, the
most common form of Ashiq folk poetry, takes special place in
Vagif's work. The language of these verses is extremely close to
the vernacular. Vagif played an exceptional role in introducing
national ethnic codes into the written literature of Azerbaijan and
creating the image of the Azerbaijani people in poetry. A special
distinguishing feature of Vagif's lyrics is to show the pristine
beauty of his native Karabakh land and his immense love for it
through bright poetic colors. The poet gave this love a great
philosophical meaning and clothed it in a kind of supreme halo of
human feelings.
The rich program includes a Poetry Day with the participation of
Azerbaijani and modern poets of the Turkic peoples, a concert of an
ensemble of ancient musical instruments, a literary and musical
composition, performances by famous artists. The events are held at
the museum and mausoleum complex of Molla Panah Vagif, the house of
the prominent poetess, the last princess of the Karabakh Khanate
Khurshidbanu Natavan, Mehmandarovs' Estate Complex, the Shusha
branch of the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum.
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