Vagif Samadoghlu ( az, Vaqif Səmədoğlu, 5 June 1939 – 28 January 2015) was an Azerbaijani poet, playwright, publicist, People's Poet of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Biography

Vagif Samadoghlu was born on 5 June 1939 in

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. After Vakilov graduated from the Music School named after

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he studied at National Conservatory of Azerbaijan. Passed a professional course at the Moscow Conservatory named after Tchaikovsky (1962–1963). He has worked as chief of art editorial office of

Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia'' (in Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Sovet Ensiklopediyası, Cyrillic: Азәрбајҹан Совет Енсиклопедијасы) is a ten volume universal encyclopedia published in Baku, Azerbaijan from 1976 ...

(1968–1971) and editor-in-chief of the ''Oghuz Eli'' newspaper (1992–1994). Then Vakilov worked as a piano teacher at the National Conservatory of Azerbaijan (1963–1971), as the literary director of the movie-actor theater at the

Azerbaijanfilm Azerbaijanfilm ( az, Azərbaycanfilm) is an Azerbaijani state film production company. It is located in the capital Baku. History "Azerbaijanfilm" was established in 1920 as a photo-cinema department at the Azerbaijan SSR People's Commissariat, ...

studio named after J. Jabbarly (1982–1985). Vagif Samadoghlu was elected as a deputy to the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2000 and 2005. He was a member of the delegation of Azerbaijan to the

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(2000–2005). He had been a member of the

Union of Azerbaijani Writers The Union of Azerbaijani Writers ( az, Azərbaycan Yazıçılar Birliyi) is the largest public organization of Azerbaijani writers, poets and publicists. It has over 1500 members at present. It was founded on June 13, 1934, when Azerbaijan was a ...

since 1970. The poet died on January 28, 2015, and was buried in the

Alley of Honor The Alley of Honor ( az, Fəxri Xiyaban, Honorary ''Allée'') is a public cemetery and memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Alley includes burials of famed Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijan-affiliated expatriates, including several Presidents, scientists a ...

Works

Vakilov had also worked in the field of poetry, theater and drama. The first press work named "Seven Poems" was published in 1963 in the journal "Azerbaijan". He started to artistic creativity in the 60's. In 1968 the first book "Telegrams on the Road" was published. Later "The Happiness of the Day", "Here I am, Divine", "Far, Green Island" were published. He was also a talented playwright. The plays ''High Mountain'', ''Lottery'', ''Happiness ring'', ''Summer snowball game'', ''Man with green glasses'', ''General's last command'', ''Mamoy men's dreams'' were staged, and some of them have achieved great success in feature films and television productions.

Family

Awards

*Honored Art Worker of the

Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...

— 21 March 1989 *

Humay Award Humay Award () was an Azerbaijani national achievement award, established in 1993 by the Baku International Cultural Society and was active until 2019. History The first award ceremony was held at the Gulustan Palace in March 1994. For the fir ...

— 1998 *Peoples Poet of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 9 December 1999 *Presidential Pension of Azerbaijan – 2 October 2002 *

Shohrat Order Shohrat Order ( az, Şöhrət ordeni), translated as ''Order of Glory'', is an award presented by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. History and status The order was created by the Decree No. 757 of the President of Azerbaijan, Heydar ...

— 5 June 2004 *

Sharaf Order Sharaf Order ( az, "Şərəf" ordeni) - translated as the ''Order of Honor'', is an order of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The order was ratified by Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, on 16 February 2007, by Decree No. 248-IIIQ. Status The ...

— 4 June 2009 *

Istiglal Order Istiglal Order ( az, Istiqlal ordeni), is the highest supreme order of the Republic of Azerbaijan, along with Heydar Aliyev Order. presented by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Istiglal means ''Sovereignty'' in Azerbaijani. History ...

— 2 June 2014 *Nasimi Award – 2014

References

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