Kazim Ziya

Kazim Ziya
Kazim Ziya
	In the role of Arif (tragedy "Iblis" by Huseyn Javid, 1922).
Born	21 March 1896; Ordubad, Nakhchivan
Died	20 November 1956; Baku, Azerbaijan
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Citizenship	Soviet Union ; Azerbaijani Republic
Occupation	Actor

Kazim Jafar oglu Ziya (Azerbaijani: Kazım Ziya; real surname Kazimzade; b. Ordubad, Nakhchivan; 1896 – d. Baku, Azerbaijan; 1956) was an Azerbaijani actor and translator.

Life

Kazim Jafar oglu Ziya was an Azerbaijani and Soviet actor, director, and instructor at the Azerbaijan Theater Institute. He was honored as a People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1943. From 1921, he worked at the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre in Baku. He translated Lev Tolstoy's "The Living Corpse," Henrik Ibsen's "Pillars of Society," Vadim Sobko's "Behind the Second Front," and Alexandre Dumas's "The Bloody Castle" plays into the Azerbaijani language. In 1948, he was awarded the "Stalin Prize" as the laureate for his role in Anvar Mammadkhanli's play "Morning of the east".^[1]^[2]

Ordubad People's Theater has been named after him since 1964.^[3]

^ Гл. ред. С. И. Юткевич; Редкол.: Ю. С. Афанасьев, В. Е. Баскаков, И. В. Вайсфельд (1987). Азербайджанской ССР кинематография. Кино: Энциклопедический словарь. Москва: Советская энциклопедия. p. 12.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Подсеваткин, С. Подсеваткин (1999). Энциклопедия псевдонимов. Терра. ISBN 9785300026660.
^ "Kazım Ziya adına Ordubad Xalq Teatrı - Mədəni istirahət yerləri". Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2017.