Ali Akbar (writer)

Samstag, 28. Januar 1978

Alakbar Aliagha oglu Aliyev, commonly known as Ali Akbar (Azerbaijani: Əli Əkbər; born 28 January 1978), is an Azerbaijani journalist, translator and writer based in Switzerland. Akbar attended a public school in Baku but after the eighth grade, he continued his secondary education in Turkey. In 1996, he was admitted to Marmara University and graduated with a degree in journalism in 2000. He continued to work in Turkey as the head of the communications department and translator at the Kaknus publishing house. Akbar's works mainly deal with the taboos in Azerbaijani society. He has written four novels to this day and is also the editor-in-chief of the Kultura.az website.