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Azerbaijani-language Poets
The following is a List of Azerbaijani-language poets. North Azerbaijan * Ashig Alasgar * Mammad Araz *Hamid Arzulu * Aşık Khanlar * Babi Badalov * Abbasgulu Bakikhanov * Vagif Bayatly Oner * Mirvarid Dilbazi * Piruz Dilenchi *Teymur Elchin * Fuzûlî * Fikrat Goja * Madina Gulgun * Mahammad Hadi * Izzeddin Hasanoglu * Almas Ildyrym * Hamlet Isakhanli *Jafar Jabbarly * Jafargulu agha Javanshir * Ahmad Javad * Huseyn Javid * Nusrat Kasamanli *Mikayil Mushfig *Imadaddin Nasimi * Khurshidbanu Natavan * Ali Nazmi * Mammed Said Ordubadi * Baba Punhan * Suleyman Rustam * Mirza Alakbar Sabir * Abbas Sahhat * Bahar Shirvani * Seyid Azim Shirvani * Khalil Rza Uluturk * Mehdigulu Khan Vafa *Molla Panah Vagif * Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh * Aliagha Vahid * Mirza Shafi Vazeh * Molla Vali Vidadi * Samad Vurgun * Gasim bey Zakir * Hikmat Ziya Iranian Azerbaijan * Kishvari * Piruz Dilenchi * Madina Gulgun * Habib Saher *Ismail I * Habibi * Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar References {{DEFAULTSORT:Azer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashig Alasgar
Ashig Alasgar (; 1821 – 7 March 1926) was an Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani mystic troubadour (Ashik) and highly regarded poet of Azerbaijani folk songs. He was born in the village of Azat, Armenia, Azat, then known as Aghkilsa, in what was then the Nor Bayazet uezd, Goycha District of the Erivan Khanate. Early life Ashig Alasgar was born in 1821 in the village of Azat, Armenia, Azat in the Gegharkunik Province, Sevan region. His father Almammad worked as a carpenter. At the same time, he was also known for his intelligence in literature. Almammad was fairly good at poetry genres such as Gerayly, Qoshma and Bayati. It was presumed that Almammad had a huge impact on Ashiq Alasgar. Ashiq Alasgar grew up in a big and poor family with three brothers and two sisters. He was the eldest son of the family. Due to the financial difficulties in his family, Alasgar was obliged to work on the farm of a rich landowner, Karbalayi Gurban when he was 14. While working here, Alasgar fell in l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jafargulu Agha Javanshir
Jafargulu agha Javanshir (; 1782 or 1787–1866) was an Azerbaijani poet, figure and a major-general of the Russian Army. Early life Jafargulu was born either in 1782/3 or in 1787, in Shusha. He was the elder son of Mammadhasan agha Javanshir - heir of Ibrahimkhalil khan of Karabakh - by Khayrunnisa begüm of Ganja. After his father's death on , he inherited all properties (about 36 villages), as well as leadership of his maternal clan of Jabrayillu and received the recognition as heir. He cooperated with Russian Empire under the orders of his grandfather during the 1804–1813 Russo-Persian War, routing Kurdish tribesmen of Karadagh. Dmitry Lisanevich, the Russian lieutenant-colonel who killed his grandfather in 1806, mentioned Jafargulu as one of the informants of treason of khan, he even claimed that Russian troops used Jafargulu's house as meeting point. Just a day after murder, Jafargulu rode with Lisanevich and defeated Iranian troops near Shusha. He led a combined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahar Shirvani
Bahar Shirvani was a 19th-century poet from Shirvan, who was active under Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (), the Qajar shah (king) of Iran. Bahar Shirvani's birth date has been put as 1831, 1835 and 1837. In Tabriz Tabriz (; ) is a city in the Central District (Tabriz County), Central District of Tabriz County, in the East Azerbaijan province, East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran. It serves as capital of the province, the county, and the distric ..., he served as the secretary of the French Consulate. There he was also assigned with the education of Iraj Mirza. Bahar Shirvani died in 1883 or 1886. Some scholars considered him to have died at Mirza Mohammad Kazem Saburi's house in Mashhad, while others considered him to have died in Tehran or Tabriz. Bahar Shirvani wrote poetry in Persian and Azerbaijani Turkish. He adopted the style of his predecessors and leaned towards the Khorasani style (poetry), Khorasani style. References Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shirv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas Sahhat
Abbas Sahhat (, born Abbasgulu Aliabbas oglu Mehdizadeh; 1874 Shamakhi), was an Azerbaijani poet and dramatist. Life and career Abbas Sahhat was born into the family of a cleric in the city of Shamakhi. He received his primary education from his father. At age 15 he started writing amateur poems.Abbas Sahhat ''Kultur.gov.tr'' Beginning in 1892 he studied in and . After returning to Shamakhi around 1900 he abandoned his professional field, as Russian institutions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Alakbar Sabir
Mirza Ali-Akbar Tahirzada (: 30 May 1862 – 12 July 1911), commonly known by his pseudonym Sabir (), was a satirist and poet in the Russian Empire, who played a leading role in development of Azerbaijani literature. A native of the city of Shamakhi, he grew up in a religious, middle-class household that opposed modern education. During his adolescence, he became a pupil of the distinguished poet Seyid Azim Shirvani, who established a modern institution where various subjects were taught. With Seyid Azim Shirvani's support, Sabir began translating Persian poetry and writing his own Azerbaijani poetry. Although his father initially wanted him to work in the family grocery store, he eventually accepted Sabir's literary ambitions after the latter's strong opposition, including a failed attempt to flee to Mashhad. While still only known within Shamakhi, Sabir's first published poem appeared in the Tbilisi newspaper ''Sharq-e Rus'' in 1903. By 1909, he was writing for the satirical ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suleyman Rustam
Suleyman Rustam (; 12 March 1906 – 10 June 1989) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani poet, playwright and translator. Biography Suleyman Rustam was born on in Novxanı village in family of a blacksmith. He studied at Russo-Tatar school until the revolution. Suleyman Rustam wrote that, Suleyman Sani Akhundov, who was the headmaster and pedagogue at the school, evoked his interest to literature and such famous pedagogues as M.Vezirov, R.Tahirov and A.Israfilbeyli strengthened this interest. He thereafter entered Baku Electric Technical School and then the eastern faculty of Baku State University where his classmates were Jafar Jabbarly, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, V.Khuluflu and was taught by such pedagogue as the eminent writer Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev. In 1929, Suleyman Rustam continued his education at the faculty of literature and arts of Moscow State University. From 1937, he worked as a chairman of Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre named after Mashadi Azizbeyov. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baba Punhan
Baba Punhan, born Atababa Seyidali oghlu Madatzadeh (), (5 November 1948, Baku – 17 April 2004, Baku, Azerbaijan), was an Azerbaijani poet. Biography He was called up for military service in 1968, which he served in Kiev. He was praised for popularising Azenglish in Azerbaijani literature. Music Throughout his career he composed numerous pieces of meykhana based on modern Azerbaijan. List of works Baba Punhan published about 278 ghazal ''Ghazal'' is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry that often deals with topics of spiritual and romantic love. It may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss, or separation from the beloved, and t ...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) References External links * reprinted in an Azerbaijani magazine in 2005 Azerbaijani male poets 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mammed Said Ordubadi
Mammad Said Ordubadi (; 24 March 1872 – 1 May 1950) was an Azerbaijani writer, poet, playwright and journalist. Ordubadi started his career as a poet. His articles and poetry were published in many of the Azerbaijani-language magazines of the time. During the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, Ordubadi joined the Muslim Social Democratic Party (Hummet). In 1911, he published ''Years of Blood'', a collection of firsthand accounts of the clashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in 1905. In 1918, he joined the Communist Party, and his articles were published in the official newspaper of the Hummet Party. Along with the 11th Red Army, he went to Dagestan and published the journal ''Red Dagestan'' magazine there. He returned to Baku after the Sovietization of Azerbaijan. Today, Ordubadi is remembered as one of the most important Azerbaijani intellectuals of the Soviet era. He served twice as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR, the highest legislative instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Nazmi
Ali Nazmi (, pen name of Ali Mammadzadeh (''Əli Məmmədzadə''), 1878, Sarov–January 1, 1946, Baku) was an Azerbaijani poet, a representative of the 20th-century Azerbaijani realism and successor of Mirza Alakbar Sabir. Nazmi was the first translator of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'' into Azerbaijani. Nazmi's first poem ''A Start to the Village'' was published in 1904. In 1926-1931 Nazmi was a secretary of '' Molla Nasraddin'' magazine. During the Soviet-German War he wrote several satire Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposin ...s: ''Hitler's Union with Devil'', ''Wolf's Protest Against God'', ''My Homeland'' and others. Nazmi strived for the purity of Azerbaijani language against Pan-Turkists and Panislamists.''Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia'' (1980), vol. 4, p. 167 Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khurshidbanu Natavan
Khurshidbanu Natavan (; 6 August 1832 – 2 October 1897) was an Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani poet and philanthropist. She is considered one of the best lyric poetry, lyrical poets of Azerbaijan. Her poems are in either Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani or Persian language, Persian and she was most notable for her lyrical ghazals. Natavan was the daughter of Mehdigulu Khan Javanshir, Mehdigulu Khan, the last ruler of the Karabakh Khanate (1748–1822). Life Natavan was born on 5 August 1832 in Shusha, a town in present-day Azerbaijan, in Karabakh region, to Mehdigulu Khan (1763–1845) and Badir Jahan Begüm (1802-1861). Being the only child in the family and descending from Panah Ali Khan, she was the only heir of the Karabakh khanate, Karabakh khan, known to the general public as the "daughter of the khan" (). Her name Khurshid Banu () is from Persian and means "Lady Sun". Her pen name ''Natavan'' () is also from Persian language, Persian and means ''powerless''. She was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imadaddin Nasimi
Seyid Ali Imadaddin Nasimi (; ), commonly known as simply Nasimi (), was a 14th- and 15th-century Hurufi poet who composed poetry in his native Azerbaijani, as well as Persian and Arabic languages. He is regarded as one of the greatest Turkic poets of his time and one of the most prominent figures in Azerbaijani literature. Born around 1369–70, Nasimi received a good education and was drawn to Sufism at an early age. After becoming a faithful adherent of the Hurufism movement, Nasimi left Azerbaijan to spread Hurufism in Anatolia and later Aleppo following the execution of its founder and Nasimi's teacher, Fazlallah Astarabadi. In Aleppo, he gained followers as a Hurufi sheikh but faced resistance from Sunni circles who eventually convinced the Mamluk sultan to order his death for his religious beliefs around 1418–19. Nasimi was executed and buried in a Sufi lodge () in Aleppo. His surviving works include two (collections of poems) in Azerbaijani and Persian, along w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikayil Mushfig
Mikayil Mushfig (, born Mikayil Ismayilzade) (5 June 1908, Baku – 6 January 1938, Baku) was an Azerbaijani poet of the 1930s. Mikayil Mushfig is considered one of the founders of the new Azerbaijani poetic style. Most of his poetry is about romance, nature, feelings. Despite this, he soon became one of the slandered and criticized poets in the Union of Soviet Azerbaijani Writers, and soon afterwards, Mushfig was arrested and executed by Soviet authorities at the age of 30 during the Stalinist purges in the Soviet Union, USSR. In 1956, he was exonerated posthumously. Nikita Khrushchev era of de-stalinization has resulted in Mushfig's poetry being famous in Azerbaijani society. Life and poetry Mikayil Mushfig was born in the city of Baku of Baku Governorate in 1908. His father Mirza Abdulgadir Vusagi, Mirza Abdulgadir Ismayilzade was a teacher and a poet. He lost his parents in early childhood, so he was brought up by the relatives. He received his elementary education at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
