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Contemporary
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Spring 1996 (AI
4.1)
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Front Cover: The Nizami Literature Museum
in Baku with three of the six statues which are dedicated to
literary giants. From left to right, Poet Vagif (18th century),
playwright Akhunzade (middle and late 19th century) and poetess
Natavan (mid 19th century). Photo: Oleg Litvin.
Back Cover: The Children's
Jujalarim center
performing in the narrow lanes of the old Inner City (Ichari
Shahar) in Baku, Azerbaijan's capital. Photo courtesy of BP and
Statoil Alliance.
During the Soviet period,
poets and writers were limited in what they could publish. Now
with independence, there are other restrictions, such as economic
restraints, major shift in language, transition
to a new alphabet, and
changes in readers' interests.
Nevertheless, Azerbaijanis are finding a new voice and a new
criteria for evaluating and writing literature. Several poems
and short stories are published here in English for the first
time. Read about the struggles of getting published during the
Soviet period in "New
Literary Voices."
2 Reader's Forum
4 Editorial: Contemporary Literature
6 Baku Diary: Know a Man, Know His Poetry - Susan Cornnell
10 Literary
Monuments of Baku
- Fuad Akhundov
14 New
Literary Voices: Sabir Ahmadli - Jala Garibova
16 Short
Story: "Voice from the Sea" - Sabir Ahmadli (Azeri 18)
20 Samad
Vurgun, Father & Poet: 90th Jubilee - Vagif Samadoglu
24 Hossein
Javid: The Night Father Was Arrested - Turan Javid
28 Literary
Criticism: New Look at Soviet Works - K. Talibzade
32 Legacy
of the Oil Barons: Ashurbeyovs (Part 5) - Fuad Akhundov
38 SOCAR Section
Karabakh-2nd Major
Oil Contract
SOCAR Current
Trends & Developments -
Valeh Alasgarov
Entrepreneurship
of LUKoil
AIOC: Current Developments - Einar Bergh
New Tenders
Announced by SOCAR
- Vitaly Baylarbayov
52 Forging a Lasting Peace: Interview with
J. Maresca - Betty
Blair
54 Diplomatic
Interview: Azerbaijan's Ambassador to US - H. Pashayev
56 Short
Story: "Anket Anketov," Satire on Bureaucratic Practices - Mir Jalal
60 German
Business in Azerbaijan
- Michael Schmunk, German Ambassador
62 Investing
for the 21st Century: Is Azerbaijan the Place? -Betty Blair
64 Short
Story: "Solitude"
- Zeydulla Aghayev
66 Short
Story: "My Dying World" - Ismayil Shikhli
70 Russia's
Foreign Policy Towards Azerbaijan: Money vs. Might - Elmiri Amraqizi
72 Loopholes
& Democracy: Diplomat Looks at US Policy - G. Mammad
75 Azerbaijani
Writers and the
Progressive Literature of Iran: Yahya Arianpour - Ali Azeri
77 British
Secretary of State Visit
- Tom Young, British Ambassador
Scottish Firms
- "Getting the Message" about Azerbaijan - Nigel Ross
78 Business & Opportunities
80 Literary
Transitions: No More "Russian Language Trampoline" - Shaig Safarov
86 Announcing
the US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce
From Azerbaijan
International (4.1)
Spring 1996.
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