Khalil Rza Uluturk ( az, Xəlil Rza Ulutürk), (21 October 1932, Salyan – 22 June 1994,

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) was an

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i poet.

Education and career

In 1954, he graduated from the Department of

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at Azerbaijan State University (currently

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). He attended courses for two years studying Literature for Writers and Poets at the Institute of Literature named after

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

. Upon graduation, he worked at Azerbaijani Woman magazine. Khalil Rza obtained his Doctor of Philology Sciences in 1985. From 1969 until his death, he worked at the Institute of Literature in Baku.Khalil Reza Uluturk, Free as the Seas
Azerbaijan International. Spring 2004, #12.1 In January 1990, Khalil Rza was arrested as a leader of Azerbaijani National Movement against the

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and was imprisoned for 22 months in the notorious Lefortovo prison in

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.Xəlil Rza Ulutürk
Parlaq.net During the

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, his son Tabriz was killed in fighting on the frontline.

List of works

Khalil Rza published about 35 books (about 20 during his lifetime, and the remainder when his wife collected his writings and published them). His most well-known books include: *Məhəbbət dastanı (''Poem of Love'', 1961) *Ucalıq (''Prestige'', 1973) *Hara gedir bu dunya? (''Where is this World Going?'' 1983) *Davam edir '37 (''1937 Still Lives On'', 1991) *Ayla günəş arasında (''Between the Sun and Moon'', 1992) *Mən şərqəm (''I am the East'', 1994)

Recognition

In 1992, Khalil Rza was awarded the title of People's Poet of Azerbaijan and in 1995, he was posthumously awarded the Independence Order ( Istiglal Ordeni). Khalil Rza died in Baku and is buried in the Cemetery of the Honored Ones ( Fakhri Khiyaban).

References

External links

Poems by Khalil Rza Uluturk
Azerbaijan International Magazine {{DEFAULTSORT:Uluturk, Khalil Rza 1932 births 1994 deaths Azerbaijani poets People from Salyan District (Azerbaijan) Recipients of the Istiglal Order 20th-century poets