Kazim Ziya

Kazim Jafar oglu Ziya (Azerbaijani: Kazım Ziya; real surname Kazimzade; b. Ordubad, Nakhchivan; 1896 – d. Baku, Azerbaijan; 1956) was an Azerbaijani actor and translator.

Kazim Jafar oglu Ziya was an Azerbaijani and Soviet actor, director, and instructor at the Azerbaijan Theater Institute.

From 1921, he worked at the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre in Baku.

He translated Lev Tolstoy's "The Living Corpse," Henrik Ibsen's "Pillars of Society," Vadim Sobko's "Behind the Second Front," and Alexandre Dumas's "The Bloody Castle" plays into the Azerbaijani language.

In 1948, he was awarded the "Stalin Prize" as the laureate for his role in Anvar Mammadkhanli's play "Morning of the east".