Baba Punhan, born Atababa Seyidali oghlu Madatzadeh (Azerbaijani: Baba Pünhan), (5 November 1948, Baku – 17 April 2004, Baku, Azerbaijan), was an Azerbaijani poet.[1][2]
Baba Punhan | |
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| Born | November 5, 1948 Kurdakhany, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | April 17, 2004 (aged 55) Kurdakhany, Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Azerbaijani |
| Period | 1962–2004 |
| Genre | Satire |
| Notable works |
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Biography
editHe was called up for military service in 1968, which he served in Kiev.[3] He was praised for popularising Azenglish in Azerbaijani literature.[4][5]
Music
editThroughout his career he composed numerous pieces of meykhana based on modern Azerbaijan.[3]
List of works
editBaba Punhan published about 278 ghazals.[citation needed] His most well-known books include:[6]
- Acı həqiqət (Sad Truth, 2000)
- Yalan çeynəyə–çeynəyə (Chewing Lies, 2000)
- Mən nə dedim ki ... (What have I said..., 2004)
References
edit- ^ Biography from lit.az Archived 2007-09-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
- ^ Baba Pünhan-"Mən nə dedim ki?!"[permanent dead link] (in Azerbaijani)
- ^ a b "Baba Pünhan", Adam.az bioqrafiya toplusu (in Azerbaijani), archived from the original on 2011-07-06, retrieved 2009-08-18
- ^ "Baba Pünhan. Sənk yu (THANK YOU)". Azadlıq Radiosu (in Azerbaijani). Radio Liberty. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ Yerfi, Rovshan. "Əvəzi olmayan vətəndaş şair". kaspi.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ "Baba Pünhanin yaradıcılıq gecəsi keçirilib", Internews Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani), 2006-04-18, archived from the original on 2011-07-17, retrieved 2009-08-18
External links
edit- "Two poems of Baba Punhan". Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) reprinted in an Azerbaijani magazine in 2005
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