2. Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh was born on August 16, 1925 – February 13, 2009
was an Azerbaijanipoet. Born in Nukha, he moved to Baku in 1934 and
studied philology at Azerbaijan State University (1947). He became an
assistant at the same department and completed his doctorate with his thesis
on the famous Azerbaijani poet Samed Vurgun. Until his death, he worked at
the same university as a professor of “Contemporary Azerbaijani Literature”
and as a deputy at the parliament of Azerbaijan.
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4. Besides poetry, Vahabzade also wrote long verses or stories in verse (poems),
plays and made translations. Among his long verses, there is the Yollar-
Oğullar (Roads-Sons) which was dedicated to the Algerian Independence
Movement, and the Mugam, which was dedicated to the composer Üzeyir
Hacıbeyli. He wrote numerous lyrics, most of which were set to music and wrote
plays such as İkinci Ses (The Second Sound),
Yağışdan Sonra (After the Rain),
Artığ Adam (Waste Man) and
Vicdan (Conscience). He translated the work titled Abidon Feliniby Lord
Byron into Azerbaijani. His poems have been translated into many languages in
the Soviet Union as well as into many Turkic languages and into German,
French and Persian. He received the Commodore Medal of the Romania
Ministry of Culture in 2002 with his poetry book titled Benim Garibim (My Poor).
5. He has been regarded as the second
greatest contemporary poet of
Azerbaijan, after Samed Vurgun.He
was awarded with Istiglal Order for
his contributions tonational
independence
movement of Azerbaijan by President
of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev on April
15, 1995. Vahabzadeh died aged 83
on February 13, 2009 inBaku.
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