User:Shahrukh gajar/Zohra Asgarova

Zohra Gulamhuseyn gizi Asgarova (Azerbaijani: Zöhrə Qulamhüseyn qızı Əsgərova; born April 2, 1951) - writer, publicist, member of the Azerbaijani Writers Union since 1989, member of the Azerbaijani Union of Journalists (1980).

Life and activities
Zohra Asgarova was born on April 2, 1951 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR. In 1968 ,she graduated from the city school No. 199. She started her career in writing from an early age. She was an active member of the literary foundation at the M.A. Sabir library. Her first writing experiences were articles and poems that were published in the 1969 issue of the "Azerbaijani Youth" newspaper. In 1971, she received a political education in a 6-month course at the Transcaucasian Komsomol School. In 1969-1973 she continued her education at the faculty of culture and education of the Institute of Arts named after M.A. Aliyev. In 1973 she was the head of the Azeri state project club at that Institute, in 1974-1978 she was an employee of the Art Museum named after R.Mustafayev. She took an active part in the meetings of the Azerbaijani Literary and Youth Union. In 1994, the Women's World newspaper published a series of articles about those meetings on the women's social movement. In 1978 she was a junior editor at the Azerbaijan State Publishing House, in 1979 she was an editor at the Azerbaijan State Publishing House Committee on Printing and Book Trade, in 1980-1987 she was an editor at the Yazichi publishing house, in 1987-1993 she was an worked as an editor at the Ganjlik publishing house. In 1999, she worked as an correspondent for the Express newspaper. From 2003 to 2006 she worked as a literature teacher at the Baku College of Physical Culture and Tourism. She worked for the Ministry of Youth and Sports from 2006 to 2021 and was a junior civil service adviser and senior adviser. She retired in 2021 at the age 70 but she still continues to write and publish new books in her free time. Her stories and essays are published in the anthologies "Bahar çiçəkləri", "Çinar pöhrələri", "Mənim bağım, baharım" as well as in newspapers and magazines. She has two children.

Awards
Laureate of "Khan gizi Natavan" award in 1996, laureate of "Araz" literary prize in 1998, winner of the National Cultural Competition in 2011, laureate of "Golden Pen" award in 2012. In 2013, she was awarded the Rasul Rza International Prize for her creative achievements. In 2016, she was awarded the Hasan Bey Zardabi Prize by the Union of Journalists. She was awarded the Medal of Distinction in Civil Service in 2018 by the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Books

 * "Ünsiyyət" (1981);
 * "İki tale" (1984);
 * "Tənhalıq" (1989);
 * "Özgə evin işığı" (1991);
 * "Bir ömrə sığmayan arzular"
 * "Mirvari toy" (2006);
 * "Özəl poçtdan məktub var" (2011);
 * "Talelərə yazılan musiqi" (2013);
 * "Tarixi yaddaş və qondarma əhvalatlar" (2015.
 * "Одиссея корабля дураков" (2018)
 * "Здесь ангель пролетель" (2019)
 * "Dünya, barışmışam səninlə" (2020)
 * "Жизнь-цветовая симфония" (2022)
 * "Почему дедушка обиделся? Why grandpa got upset?" (2022)