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Almas Ildyrym (Azerbaijani:Almas İldırım), bornIldyrym Almaszade (25 March 1907,Baku – 14 January 1952,Elazığ,Turkey), was anAzerbaijani poet. After theBolsheviks established their power in Azerbaijan in 1920, the fact that Ildyrym had been born into a wealthy merchant family plagued him for the rest of his life. Though he was accepted to the faculty of Oriental Literature atAzerbaijan State University, it was not long before they dismissed him because of his family origins.
In 1926, Almas co-authored a book of poems,Dün bugün ("Yesterday is Today") withSuleyman Rustam. Soon he was exiled toDagestan for the nationalist ideas in his poems. While in exile, he wroteDağlardan xatirələr ("Memories from the Mountains"),Ləzgi elləri ("Lezgi Lands"),Krımda axşamlar ("Evenings in Crimea"),Səlimxan, andGünah kimdədir? ("Whose Fault is It?"). Two years later, he returned to Baku and published a collection of poems entitled,Dağlar Səslənərkən ("When Mountains Make a Sound", 1930). However, the distribution of this book was prohibited and the author was banned from theWriters' Union of Azerbaijan.[1]
Again, he was exiled, this time toTurkmenistan where he worked as a school director. But because he was constantly repressed, he decided to escape toIran with his family. However, while crossing the border into Iran, he was caught and made to stay in water up to his chest for hours.[2] Upon being released, he decided to leave forEastern Anatolia inTurkey.
Many of his works describe the longing he had for his native land. He published his poems about his love and longing for his country in the magazinesQurtuluş ("Salvation") inGermany,Çinar altı inKars, as well asKok Boru,Organ,Ozlayish and in theVan newspaper in Turkey. He published the poems that he had written until 1936 in the bookUndying Poem. Other books areAzerbaijani songs andAzerbaijanibayatis.[1]
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