An hour of modern poetry "The Motherland of the Word is
Garabagh" has been organised as part of the Vagif Poetry Days in
Shusha, Azernews reports.
Speaking at the event, head of the Poetry Sector at Azerbaijan
Writers' Union, Ibrahim Ilyasli Vagif, said the Vagif Poetry Days
are a celebration of words, art and spirituality.
Poets from the country's regions and young poets who are members
of the Azerbaijan Writers' Union recited their poems in front of
the Khurshudbanu Natavan's House.
Honoured Artist, Professor of the Azerbaijan State University of
Culture and Art Agalar Bayramov, Chairman of the Guba branch of the
Azerbaijan Writers' Union Ramiz Gusarchayli, Chairman of the
Garabagh branch of the Writers' Union Elchin Iskandarzade, head of
the Press Service Khayal Rza, writer-playwright, poet, translator
Seyran Sakhavat, Honoured Cultural Workers Gyashyam Najafzade,
Rafig Yusifoglu, poets Farid Huseyn, Intigam Yashar, Kamala
Abiyeva, Rafail Injayurd, Shahnaz Shahin, Dayandur Sevgin, Matanat
Ulushirvanli, Zarangiz Demirchigayali and others recited their
patriotic poems, as well as works dedicated to Shusha.
On January 14, 1982, the mausoleum of the great poet and
statesman Molla Panah Vagif (1717-1797) and the House of Poetry
were inaugurated in Shusha with the participation of National
Leader Heydar Aliyev.
It was at that event that National Leader Heydar Aliyev
supported the initiative of the Azerbaijani literary figures in
this direction and gave an instruction to hold the Vagif Poetry
Days.
The festival of speech and art was organised for the first time
in July 1982.
The Vagif Poetry Days, which have a forty-two-year history, are
being organised for the fourth time in Shusha city, which was freed
from occupation.
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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews' staff journalist, follow her on
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