Rafig Alekber

Rafig Alekber - He was born on April 25, 1964, in Alar village of Yardimli district. In 1981, he graduated from the secondary school in that village with excellent grades, and in 1992 he graduated from the law faculty of Baku State University with an honors diploma. He has been working in the prosecutor's office of the Republic of Azerbaijan for more than 30 years.

Early life and career
He began to engage in literary creativity in the 80s of the last century. In 1999, the first book of poems called "Separated from you, resentful of you", in 2003 "I am God's way", in 2005 "My soul is eternal", in 2007 "Love is the soul of the heart", poetry books, 2007- "The soldier will not starve" story in 2008, "Selected Works" collection of poems in 2008, "Divine Light" in 2011, "Meetings of Wisdom and Love" in 2015, "Irfani aşk" in Turkey in 2017, In 2021, "Face to face with Savalan" poetry books were published. He has been awarded various literary prizes by the Republic of Azerbaijan, including "Golden Pen", "Master Artist", "Araz" literary prizes. Since 2006, he has been a member of the Azerbaijan Writers' Union. For his literary works published in Turkey in 2017, including the book of poems "Irfani aşk", in 2019 he was elected an Honorary Doctor of the Academy for his services to the culture and literature of the Turkic world by the International Academy of Sciences of the Turkish World Studies and received the International Gold Star medal of the Academy of Sciences. awarded with In 2021, he was selected as an Honorary Intellectual of the Turkish world by the same academy and was awarded the Atatürk International Award. In 2022, he was selected as the Poet of the Year by the International Academy of Sciences of Turkish World Studies for his book "Face to Face with Savalan", published in 2021, and was awarded the European Order of Honor for his contributions to world culture and literature.