Baba Punhan, born Atababa Seyidali oghlu Madatzadeh ( az, Baba Pünhan), (5 November 1948,

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– 17 April 2004,

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), was an Azerbaijani poet.

Biography

He was called up for military service in 1968, which he served in

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. He was praised for popularising Azenglish in

Azerbaijani literature Azerbaijani literature ( az, Azərbaycan ədəbiyyatı) is written in Azerbaijani, a Turkic language, which is the official state language of the Republic of Azerbaijan, where the North Azerbaijani variety is spoken. It is also natively spoken ...

Music

Throughout his career he composed numerous pieces of

meykhana Meykhana ( az, Meyxana) is a distinctive Azerbaijani literary and folk rap tradition, consisting of an unaccompanied song performed by one or more people improvising on a particular subject. Meykhana is distinct from spoken word poetry in that i ...

based on modern Azerbaijan.

List of works

Baba Punhan published about 278

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s. His most well-known books include: *''Acı həqiqət'' (Sad Truth, 2000) *''Yalan çeynəyə–çeynəyə'' (Chewing Lies, 2000) *''Mən nə dedim ki ...'' (What have I said..., 2004)

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* reprinted in an Azerbaijani magazine in 2005 Azerbaijani male poets 1948 births 2004 deaths Writers from Baku 20th-century Azerbaijani poets 20th-century male writers {{Azerbaijan-poet-stub