People's writer Anar's "Unforgettable Meetings" (Baku, "Tahsil", 2009) is the first large-scale work that created the image of Great Leader Heydar Aliyev in literature. Anar says: "A lot has been written about Heydar Aliyev, thick and thick books have been published. Over the years, more will be written, the values passed through the filter of history will be further clarified, and his services will be more deeply understood in the context of the events that will take place in the world and in our country. But this , is the work of future generations. It is the duty of today's generations, his contemporaries, especially those who have been in contact with him to one degree or another, to write down their memories and memories of Heydar Aliyev without delay, to preserve the various shades and details of his complex and rich image as a document of history..." (Anar, Unforgettable Meetings, p. 42. - Numerous quotations in the article are from this source)
"Unforgettable meetings" should be considered a good example of memoir literature. This genre loves factual accuracy; Anar wrote the work on the basis of his diary notes and today's thoughts after meetings with Heydar Aliyev. And even sometimes he does not trust his memory, when talking about the events of recent history, he reinforces the fact by referring to documentary materials published in the press of that time. In general, Anar lovers know well: as a writer, Anar has never lied to the pen. As a result of this, it is possible to imagine, solve and characterize an entire period, social events, human scenes by taking the images from Anar's pen. It is the same in "Unforgettable meetings"; the writer can also shed light on the whole Epoch-Society-Environment scenes in his shadow by drawing the Portrait of the genius Personality visible from the Literature.
While creating the image of Heydar Aliyev, Anar undoubtedly first of all refers to the materials of Literature and Culture; Heydar Aliyev and writers, Heydar Aliyev and Literature, Heydar Aliyev and literary environment, Cultural and Literary policy implemented by Heydar Aliyev as the head of state, etc. He is attentive to points related to literature. The condition of the memoir genre is loyalty to what happened; it dictates not going beyond the vivid impression of "unforgettable encounters"...
About the first meeting, Anar writes: "The first absentee "contact" regarding Heydar Aliyev began with his critical views about the "Gobustan" collection in his report at the October Plenum of the Central Committee in 1971. We did not know each other personally then, and I did not participate in this meeting either. At that time in Moscow I studied at the director's workshop..." (p. 46)
