Poets

Vəlişah Əliyev

Name
Vəlişah Əliyev
Life dates
1939–2020
Occupation
Poet

Works

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Velishah Mirali oglu Aliyev was born on March 10, 1939 in the village of Shagolyas, Lankaran region. He received primary and secondary education at Shagolyase and Separadi schools, and higher education at the Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute. Worked as a process engineer in Baku and Lankaran. Since the 1980s, his works have been published in print. In the early 1990s, he founded the literary association “Rushna” in Lankaran. Velishakh has a special merit in educating young poets. Author of the book «Vıjniyə əsəron». Died in 2020.

Biographical information follows the 2021 edition.

Sources

Anthology of Talysh poetry (2021), 57. ISBN 978-9952-28-569-7.