Birthdate: January 12, 1937

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Aylis, Soviet Azerbaijan

Akram Aylisli is an Azerbaijani playwright, writer, and novelist. One of his best known novels, Peoples and Trees, has been translated into over 30 languages. Akram Aylisli was named People's Writer in Azerbaijan, a title which was revoked after the publication of his most controversial novel Stone Dreams, which portrayed Armenians in sympathetic light.