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On January 26, in the National Library of Azerbaijan, under the joint organization of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the National Library, the book " Fuzuli's Mastery " by Mir Jalal Pashayev, a prominent writer, great scientist and pedagogue, who rendered unparalleled services in the development of 20th century Azerbaijani science, literature, and education, was published by "Biblioteca Academica" of Ergon-Nomos publishing house. The presentation ceremony of the publication in German from the series "Selected Publications in the Field of Oriental Studies" was held. The rector of ADA University Hafiz Pashayev, translator of the book, assistant professor of Germany's Giesen University, orientalist-scientist Michael Reinhard Hess, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan Adil Karimli, well-known figures of science and culture took part in the presentation ceremony.

The director of the National Library opened the event by greeting the guests, prof. Karim Tahirov said that Mir Jalal Pashayev, who has a talented and original creative style, brought a new breath to Azerbaijani literature, and occupied an exceptional and unique place in the history of contemporary Azerbaijan as a literary critic and theoretician. He noted that in 1940, Mir Jalal Pashayev received the degree of candidate of philological sciences for the work "Poetic features of Fuzuli", and in 1958 he again addressed this topic and published his monograph " Fuzuli's Mastery ", the work was later published in Latin script in 1994. It was republished in 2007, 2018.

Academician Isa Habibbayli, president of ANAS, spoke about the rich and multifaceted activity of Mir Jalal Pashayev, one of the main creators of Azerbaijani literature, as a great scientist, a great pedagogue, and a great writer, and spoke in detail about the mastery of extensive analysis of Fuzuli's work.

The vice-president of ANAS, the general director of the Institute of Oriental Studies named after Academician Ziya Bunyadov, academician Govhar Bakhshaliyeva considered the coincidence of today's event with the signing of the Order on the celebration of the 530th anniversary of the great Azerbaijani poet Muhammad Fuzuli yesterday by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev , said that this work, in which the idea-theme and artistic-aesthetic aspects of Fuzuli's creativity are deeply explored, is of great importance in the study of Fuzuli's heritage from different directions.

Academician Teymur Karimli, director of the Institute of Manuscripts named after Muhammad Fuzuli of ANAS, emphasized the symbolic nature of the day, and touched upon the scientific significance and valuable aspects of his teacher Mir Jalal Pashayev's work " Fuzuli's Mastery ", which shed light and guided him on the path of science said that it has its own place, and emphasized that with this work, which deeply reveals Fuzuli's genius, he has created a work worthy of the name of Fuzuli on the stony paths of Fuzuli studies.

Corresponding member of ANAS, professor of BSU, Tahsin Mutallimov called Mir Jalal's works an incomparable souvenir for us, he said that he knew Fuzuli deeply, therefore he opened Fuzuli's creativity beautifully, Mir Jalal Pashayev was both a researcher, master-teacher, and He pointed out that he created a school as a writer.

Department head of the Institute of Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi of ANAS, Honored Scientist, prof. He noted that Gazanfar Pashayev has an innate talent and that the book will also be published in Iraq.

Head of Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, dr. Rizvan Nabiyev said that the book is spreading rapidly in Germany and many European countries, it has already been included in the catalogs of many university libraries and bibliographies, and thanked the translator-researcher for his services in the promotion of Azerbaijani culture and literature.

The translator of the book, assistant professor of the University of Giesen, Germany, orientalist-scientist Michael Reinhard Hess, in his "Introduction" to the book, spoke about the scientific and critical analysis of the literary and historical-political environment of both Fuzuli and Mir Jalal's era, and through this work of Mir Jalal Pashayev, he paid more attention to Fuzuli's genius. he said that we were able to enter easily, that art and science intersect in this work, which is a reflection of Fuzuli and Mir Jalal's creativity, he expressed his gratitude to respected Hafiz Pashayev, who was the initiator of the book, and to the Ministry of Culture and the National Library for organizing the event, and played Fuzuli's ghazal "Yetməzmi (Is it not enough)".

Rector of ADA University, prof. Hafiz Pashayev spoke about the date of writing of the work from the memories of teacher Mir Jalal, the translator of the book, dr. Michael thanked Reinhard Hess, the management of the National Library and all the guests for organizing the event.

At the end, there was a presentation of the electronic database prepared by the National Library about the outstanding representative of 20th century Azerbaijani literature, literary critic-scientist, professor Mir Jalal.