Rovshan Abdullaoglu

• Philosopher
• theologian
• psychologist
• fiction and non-fiction writer
• specialist in Eastern philosophy

• Philosophical novel
• psychological novel
• detective fiction

Rovshan Abdulla oglu Abdullaev (born September 28, 1978) is an Azerbaijani writer, philosopher, psychologist, and a member of PEN America. He is the founder of the publishing house Gadim Gala, and director of its scientific department.^[1]

Biography

Rovshan Abdulla oglu Abdullaev was born into a family in Baku on September 28, 1978. His father, Abdulla Abdullaev, was then a police major and then became a lawyer. He had taken part in the First Karabakh War. His mother, Gulnara Abdullaeva, worked in the banking sector as an accountant for about 30 years. Rovshan Abdulla has two brothers, Altai Abdullaev, a pediatrician specializing in neonatology, and Farhad Abdullaev, the co-founder and CEO of the publishing house Gadim Gala.

He is married and has three children.

Education

In 1995, after completing his education at the 116th secondary school, Abdullaoglu entered the Azerbaijan State Economic University.^[1] Thereafter, he served in the Azerbaijan border troops.

Abdullaoglu continued his education in Arabic and Persian languages in the fields of theology, scholastics, Arabic literature, and Eastern and Western philosophy. He studied at various universities for over eight years.

In 2013, he became a licensed gestalt therapist at the Psychological Department of the Moscow Institute of Positive Technologies and Consulting.^[1]

Works

Abdullaev published his first book in 2010, The Veil of Light and Darkness. The book describes the supposed factors of moral and personal development and decline, the properties of the soul and the veils of light and darkness within it.^[2]

Translations and explanations

In 2011, Abdullaoglu started translating one of Avicenna's final books, Remarks and Admonitions (Kitab al-isharat wa al-tanbihat). In parallel with the semantic translation of the book, Rovshan Abdullaoglu provided his own interpretation of Avicenna's metaphysics and logic as two books Contemplation and On the Levels of the Mystics.^[3][4]

In 2012, he went on to translate the work of another philosopher-scientist: Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i. The translation and interpretation of this treatise was published in three parts.^[5][6][7]

In the same year, he translated The First Book, which is considered the first manuscript in the Islamic world. It is concerned with the historical events and political backgrounds at the initial stage of the formation of an Islamic society.^[8]

Psychological works

In his five subsequent works, Burn the Bridges behind You, Every Human a Ruler, Life Goes on no Matter What and, Rising Against All and Fears.

Fictional works

His first psychological novel, This City is Empty, became the country's best-selling book for 2016.^[9] The author's second novel was The Man on the Rails.^[10]

In March 2019 the first book entitled "Captivity" in the series of "God: Myth or Reality" was published. It is a science book that explains the psychological reasons for ardent defense and negation of the concept of "creator" by various ideological schools.^[11]

To date, 25 books by Abdullaev have been published in Azerbaijan. Most of these have translated into English, Russian and Turkish.

In addition to writing, Abdullaev regularly performs in television programs, teaches online lessons in philosophy, and writes articles that are published on various Internet news websites.^[1]

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