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Mehemmed Riza Levayi: "The Little Black Fish" is a symbol of Southern Azerbaijan resistance literature

By Alirza Quluncu, Voice of America, January 7, 2015

Mehemmed Riza Levayi speaks to Voice of America about the resistance literature in Iranian Azerbaijan

"Southern resistance literature, in this form, does not exist in Turkey or Northern Azerbaijan. It is found in nations living under colonialism," says Southern Azerbaijani poet and writer Mehemmed Riza Levayi in an interview with Voice of America, describing the resistance literature that emerged in response to the political conditions in Southern Azerbaijan. Currently living in exile in the United States, the author discusses the characteristics of "resistance literature" that formed in Iranian Azerbaijan and elaborates on a process he calls "the resistance of literature."

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Mehemmed Riza Levayi: "The Little Black Fish" is a symbol of Southern Azerbaijan resistance literature