AKBER GOSHALI - 50
Akbar Goshaly is a well-known poet and writer, public figure of Azerbaijan. He was elected for his social activity since his youth. He has infinite merits in the recognition of contemporary Azerbaijani literature in the Turkic world.
On the eve of his 50th anniversary, we take a look at his career path. This path of activity diverges into magnificent and different service directions. Akbar Goshal's biography creates a more complete impression of his work for Azerbaijani literature and culture. The great Azerbaijani poet Abbas Sahhat said, "My profession is my biography!". It is a "professional biography" of Akbar Goshal and all persons who have done great work for their country. I also want to confirm this opinion by introducing you to the biography and poems of a prominent Azerbaijani poet, and I wish success to the poet-writer Akbar Goshal.
Assos. Prof. Dr. Tarana Turan Rahimli,
Poet-writer, academician.
Poems by Akbar Goshali
BIRTH AND DEATH
Life passed by counting the days,
We won’t grow up in the grave,
We won’t be born again,
We won’t live again.
We won’t live, we won’t die,
The death will decrease itself.
Hey, destiny, don’t speak much,
The dead can also speak.
The dead can’t speak,
But the spirits are alive.
Between the birth and death
An exam exists.
POETS REUNITE AFTER GRIEVING
The poets reunite after grieving,
The candle burnt, the moth burnt.
The moth dies at dawn, returns in the evening
The candles are surrounded by the moth.
If they see that love has become less,
They’ll return, wandering a lot of words,
Doomsday is almost here,
Is that true, moth?
Whatever happened, all passed,
The black loves became true.
Again the moth’s wing was caught
The candle burnt the moth,
The moth burnt the candle.
YEARS COME TO TAKE OUR LIVES
Years come to take our lives,
Sorrow come to take our lives.
Why doesn’t life let us live?
What does the world want from us?
When joy comes - it lasts a short.
When the angel comes, he turns to disaster.
With what does the world become example?
What does the world want from us?
It knows neither “wait” nor “endurance”,
What it wants - it knows…
It knows the word “devil”,
What does it want?
TEN FINGERS ON MY HANDS
Ten fingers on my hands,
Ten toes on my foot;
My hands say “Farewell”,
But my feet don’t move.
Our lips hope for a share,
When our eyes meet;
Why do we close our eyes
When we kiss?
Two hearts beat together,
And turns into a soul - if we meet;
When we part heart breaks,
One heart becomes two…
Rendezvous and parting! -
Who set this rule?
How many shapes will the heart have?
I wonder this for a lifetime.
BİOGRAPHY
He was born in 1973 in Gosha village of Tovuz region of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He is the graduate of Azerbaijan Technical University (1995) and the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Azerbaijan (2001).
From 1998 to 2013 he headed the World Union of Young Turkish Writers (WYWU). He is currently the Chairman of the DGTYB Advisory Board, the member of the Board of the Azerbaijan National NGO Forum, the Central Asia and South Caucasus Freedom of Expression Network (CASCFEN), the member of the Union of Azerbaijan Journalists, the member of the Union of Azerbaijan Writers (AWU) and the Deputy Chairman of the EBRD, the member of the Public Council and the Deputy Chairman of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan since July 2021.
Since September 18, 2020 he has been working as the expert of the Committee of Culture of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
In 1996-2000s he worked at the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He continued his career as a scientific researcher in Ataturk Center in Azerbaijan which is under the honorary chairmanship of the President of Azerbaijan in 2006. But in 2020 he was appointed the chief of the department.
He is the editor of such films as “The First Success of the Nobel Brothers” (2019), “Stalin's Dark Past”, “100 Years of Glorious Life - Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev”, “Mistakes and Memories” which have been made by SSR Production and have won awards at many international festivals in 2021.
Akber was the editor of “Turan” supplement of “Adalat” newspaper, “Ya Adabiyyat” supplement of “Yeni Azerbaijan” newspaper. He is the member of the editorial board of “Adabiyyat” newspaper and “Ulu Chinar” magazine. He is the Azerbaijani representative of such magazines and newspapers as “Kitab Dunyasi” published in Uzbekistan, “Yuce Erek”, “Akin”, “Kirkuk”, “Turk Yurdu” published in Turkey, as well.
He was the fellow of the Presidential Scholarship Fund of Azerbaijan (in 2008-2009s for young writers).
He is married and has 3 children.
Translator: Sevil Gulten
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