Aliyeva was born in the
Khunzakhsky District of
Dagestan. From 1954-1955, Fazu Aliyeva studied at
Dagestan State Pedagogical University. In 1961 she graduated from the
Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. She was a member of the
Union of Soviet Writers as well as the
Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (until 2006). Aliyeva was awarded two Orders of the "Badge of Honor", two
Orders of Friendship of Peoples and the
Order of St. Andrew in 2002. She was awarded the Gold Medal of the Soviet Peace Fund, the Jubilee Medal of the
World Peace Council, and honorary awards in several foreign countries. Aliyeva died in
Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, on 1 January 2016, from
heart failure at the age of 83. ==References==