On December 14, the meeting was held, dedicated to 80th anniversary of Anar, head of Azerbaijan Writers Unity, National writer, outstanding public figure.

The participants included First Deputy of head of Sumgayit city Executive Power Teymur Samadov, Ambassador of Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of Azerbaijan to Egypt Tural Rzayev, chairman of Moscow section of AWU Tofig Malikli, professor-teacher and student staff of the university.

At first, National writer viewed the books dedicated to National leader Heydar Aliyev and the photos in Heydar Aliyev Center, displaying all stages of his life and activity.

Rector of university Professor Elkhan Huseynov opened the event with welcome speech, which was held at Assembly hall. He gave information about the life of well-known writer and notified that Anar, who was born and grew up in the family of outstanding Azerbaijani poets Rasul Rza and Nigar Rafibayli, is a talented writer and has great labor in advancement of Azerbaijani literature. “He has special services in strengthening “Sixtiers” literary flow occurring in Azerbaijani literature, struggling for national ideals in 70s and 80s, establishing new literature in independence period, etc.” Rector also stressed about Great leader Heydar Aliyev’s care and attention to our culture. President Ilham Aliyev also carries out substantial projects and reforms for preserving national-spiritual values of the nation and progress of culture and art. The professor pointed out that the works of Anar are welcomed with interest not only in Azerbaijan, but also in Turkey and European countries. He congratulated well-known writer on occasion of his 80th anniversary, wished him success and presented a valuable present.

First Deputy of head of Sumgayit city Executive Power Teymur Samadov delivered speech in the event and conveyed greetings and congratulations to participants on occasion of Anar’s anniversary from Head of Sumgayit city Executive Power Zakir Farajov. He noted that Anar is not only a writer, but also a producer, scenarist, art critic, translator, publicist, folklorist, literary critic and public figure. Anar’s works: "White port" (Ağ Liman), “Anniversary of Dante” (Dantenin yubileyi), "The sixth floor of the five-story building" (Beşmərtəbəli evin altıncı mərtəbəsi), "A person's person" (Adamın adamı), "Me, you, him and the telephone" (Mən, sən, o və telefon), “The last night of the outgoing year” (Keçən ilin son gecəsi), “Hotel room” (Otel otağı), “Georgian surname” (Gürcü soyadı) and others are the great samples of Azerbaijani literature.

Afterwards, Mr.Teymur Samadov bestowed a gift on behalf of head of Sumgayit city Executive Power and the newly published book about Sumgayit city.

Head of the Department of Azerbaijani and foreign countries’ literature Professor Avtandil Mammadov, professor of that Department Rafig Yusifoglu, chairwoman of Sumgayit office of Azerbaijan Writers Unity Gulnara Jamaladdin expressed their congratulations in the event on occasion of National writer Anar’s anniversary and spoke about creativity and contributions of Anar to the development of Azerbaijani literature.

National writer Anar expressed his gratitude to Head of Sumgayit city Executive Power Zakir Farajov, rector of Sumgayit State University Professor Elkhan Huseynov and organizers of the event for the high value given to his creativity.

The poems of Nigar Rafibayli were sounded in the meeting by the students of the university: Shabnam Abishova – “To Anar” and Nurana Karimova – “You are my best creation”.

The scene from story “The adventure of numbers” was displayed by Children's Theater of Poetry named after Sabir Sarvan.

At the end, National writer Anar responded the questions of the students.