Poet and writer
(b. 26 March 1965, Şahseven village, Kündemir, Azerbaijan). He attended
elementary school at the Köhnebazar (Eskipazar) village in 1974 and began to
work at the Kündemir City Electric Network. In 1981, he graduated from Baku
State University, Department of Philosophy and completed his doctorate studies
at the same department with the thesis “Azerbaycan
Tiyatrosunda Karakter Problemi” (The Problem of Characters in Azerbaijani
Theater) in 1984 and became a lecturer. In 1997, he became a professor after
completing his thesis titled “M. Emin
Resulzade'nin Hayatı ve Edebi Faaliyeti” (The Life and Literary Works of M.
Emin Resulzade).
Vakıf Sultanlı was
engaged in social activities and was elected as a correspoendent member of the
Society for Freedom and of the Society for Free Europe in the United States
between 1995 and 1999. After 1995, he served as the editorial columnist of the
Polish reviews Hudaferin and Araz and as the Azerbaijani
representative to the Turnalar review
which was published in Turkey.
He embarked on literature at a very
early age. His early works were published in his years at the university. He
wrote tens of works in the genres of poetry, short story and novel. He was
interested in artistic creativity and theory of artistic aesthetics and wrote
four monographs. Many works of him were published in Turkey and Russia; and he
participated in international meetings in Turkey, Ukraine, Poland and the
United Kingdom and presented communiqués on Azerbaijani literature.
Besides his
translations from Western literature, he also translated the Değirmen (Mill) from Reşat Nuri
Güntekin and the Rubailer (Rubai’s*)
from Feyyaz Sağlam. His own works were also translated into many languages
around the world and received the Writers Union of Azerbaijan M. Zerrabi Award
and the Cyprus Balkans Eurasia Turkish Literature Institution’s International
Award for Eminent Services to Turkish Language. He is a member of the
Cyprus Balkans Eurasia Turkish Literature Institution’s.
WORKS:
POETRY: Ölüm Uykusu (Death Sleep, 2002).
NARRATION: Sönmüş Yıldızlar (Faded Stars, 1988), İnsan Denizi (Sea of Men, 1992), Kul Bazarı (Market for Slaves, 1999), Ölüm Yokuşu (Slope of Death, 2002).
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