The 880th anniversary of the great poet and thinker Nizami Ganjavi will be celebrated in the country this year. The head of state declared this year the “Year of Nizami Ganjavi” in Azerbaijan, taking into account the exceptional importance of the poet’s work, which always calls people to moral perfection and instills high spiritual qualities as an achievement of human culture. The Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to develop and implement an action plan for the Nizami Ganjavi Year.
About Nizami
Nizami’s legacy is great importance for Azerbaijani culture. The poet, who began by writing lyrics in short forms – gasida, gazal, rubai has gained popularity all over the world. The works of Nizami Ganjavi were translated into many languages. The rare manuscript copies of his works are kept and preserved like precious pearls in famous libraries, museums and literary foundations in cities such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Baku, Tashkent, Tabriz, Tehran, Cairo, Istanbul, Dehli, London, Paris and others.
The description of a man’s inner world, his feelings, and thoughts along with the dynamic development of the main hero’s characters underlies the basic aim and content of Nizami’s literary school. Nizami Ganjavi passed away in 1209 in his native city of Ganja. A grandiose tomb was raised over his grave.
