Biography
Ramiz Mammadali Oglu Aliev (Azerbaijani: Ramiz Məmmədəli oğlu Əliyev) (15 December 1946, Amirjan, Baku - ) better known by his pen name Rovshan (Azerbaijani: Rövşən) is Azerbaijani poet, writer and translator.
The national poet of Azerbaijan (2019).
Poet and film script writer Ramiz Rovshan was born in Baku on December 15, 1946. Rovshan graduated from the Philology Faculty of Azerbaijan State University (1969). He took a two-year filmmaking course in Moscow in 1978. He is the author of several poetry books such as "One Rainy Song" (1970), "The Sky Can’t Hold a Stone" (1987) and "Butterfly Wings" (1999), novels and stories "Stone" (1979), "Pain" (1978), "Stories of Amirjan" (2001), "Breath" (2006) etc.
Several films are based on his scripts: "The Grandfather of my Grandfather's Grandfather" (1981), "The reapers from City" (1985), "The Pain of Milk Tooth" (1988), "Strange Time" (1996) (This movie was awarded with "The Best Movie" at the First International Madrid Film Festival in 1997), "The Melody of Place" (2001), etc.
Rovshan’s poems and stories have been translated into most of the languages of former Soviet Republics and published in the USA, Germany, UK, France, Poland, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Iran.
Currently Ramiz Rovshan is the Editor-in-chief of "Azerbaijanfilm" film studio. He is a member of Azerbaijan Writers’ Union and Republican Council of Media. He also is the chairman of the Committee of "Struggle against election fraud and repressions".
Filmography
all 24
Movies 24
Writer 7
Screenplay 1
The Lesson (2016)
Black-and-White Nights (2013)
İlahi məxluq (2011)
The Turned World (2011)
Buta (2011)
Fortress (2008)
The Sentenced (2007)
Good Bye, Southern City (2006)
There, Where the Rivers Merge (2004)
Strange Time (1996)
Execution Day (1990)
The Diversion (1989)
The Jinn in Microdistrict (1986)
Şəhərli Biçinçilər (1986)
Tale of the Lonely Pomegranate Tree (1984)
I Want to Get Married (1983)
Nizami (1982)
The Road Story (1981)
You Can't Take an Island with You (1980)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1946-12-15 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceƏmircan, Baku, Azerbaijan
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Azerbaijan
Also Known AsRamiz Əliyev, Ramiz Eliyev, Ramiz Aliyev, Ramiz Rovsen, Ramiz Əliyev Məmmədəli oğlu, Ramiz Rovshen, Ramiz Rövşen
AwardsPeople’s Poet of Azerbaijan
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