Poet
(b. 5 June 1908, Baku, Azerbaijan – d. 1937, Siberia). He graduated from
Azerbaijan State University, Faculty of Science and Literature and began to
work as a pedagogue. He worked as a teacher at elementary schools for seven
years. He was one of the Azerbaijani intellectuals in the Stalin period. He was
sent to exile by Stalin and was killed there.
He
took up poetry at an early age, with his first poem “Bugün” (Today). He was appreciated by the Azerbaijani people with
his poems and became one of the most read poets. Some people had his wife
Dilber Ahundzâde write articles against him to humiliate the poet in the eyes
of the people. He was a productive poet, and some of his works were published
posthumously. He also translated works from western literature, particularly
from Russian.
WORKS
(Poetry):
Günün Sesleri (Sound of the Day, 1930), Şiirler (Poems,
1934), Gaya (The Rock, 1935), Telgraf Telleri (Telegram Wires, 1966), Duygu Yarpagları (Leaves of Sentiments,
1966), Yene O Bağ Olaydı (Wish It Had
Been Real, 1976), Ebediyet Nağmesi (Book
of Literature, 1970).
