Elchin Afandiyev
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About
Azerbaijani politician who became his country's Deputy Prime Minister in 1993. Also an acclaimed writer, he published more than one hundred novels that were subsequently translated into over twenty languages.
Before Fame
In his mid-teens, he published his first work of fiction in the Azerbaijani Youth magazine.
Trivia
He earned degrees in philology from Baku State University and the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.
Family Life
He was born into a literary family: his father, Ilyas Afandiyev, was a renowned playwright and novelist.
Associated With
In 2003, Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev presented Afandiyev with the prestigious Istiglal Order.
