Nigar Khudadat qizi Rafibeyli ( az, Nigar Xudadat qızı Rəfibəyli) (1913–1981,

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) was an Azerbaijani writer and the Chairman of the Writers' Union of

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. She was the mother of

Anar Rzayev Anar Rasul oghlu Rzayev ( az, Anar Rəsul oğlu Rzayev), known as Anar (born 14 March 1938, Baku), is Azerbaijani writer, dramatist, film director, and the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan. Anar is primarily a novelist and short-sto ...

, novel and short-story writer, and wife of famous writer and poet

Rasul Rza Rasul Rza (real name Rasul Ibrahim oghlu Rzayev – az, Rəsul İbrahim oğlu Rzayev) (1910 – 1981 in Baku), was an Azerbaijani writer, Hero of Socialist Labour (1980), People's Poet of Azerbaijan, Laureate of Soviet State Award and the Chair ...

Early life

Nigar Rafibeyli was born on 23 June 1913 in the town of

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. Her parents were medical surgeons. Her father, Khudadat Rafibeyli was the first

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surgeon who had studied in Europe. In 1919, he was invited to head the Ganja government by the republican government of

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, but he was soon arrested at instigation by

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bolsheviks and sent to Nargin island, where he was executed by bolshevik soldiers. Nigar Rafibeyli finished her school in Ganja and moved to

for her higher education. She studied at Pedagogical Technical School. She taught at school but always wrote novels. Her first poem called "Chadra" (Veil in

) was published in "Dan Ulduzu" magazine in 1928. In years 1930–1932 she worked in the

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studio.

Later years

In 1931, she worked in Azerneshr publishing house as the editor and the translator. Rafibeyli then continued her studies in Moscow Pedagogical University. As she studied in Moscow, her first collection of poems was published in Baku. In years 1937–1939, she worked in Ushaqneshr publishing house. Beginning from 1940, she translated into Azeri many works of famous poets and writers of other nations such as Navai,

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Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...

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and others. For her great contributions to

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 ...

, she received order of Honour. Many of Nigar Rafibeyli's works were dedicated to

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. Nigar Rafibeyli died on 9 July 1981. One of streets in Baku bears her name.

References

External links

Monument to Nigar Rafibeyli in one of Baku parks
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rafibeyli 1913 births 1981 deaths Azerbaijani novelists Azerbaijani women novelists Writers from Ganja, Azerbaijan 20th-century Azerbaijani poets Azerbaijani women poets 20th-century Azerbaijani novelists 20th-century women writers Soviet novelists Soviet poets