Baba Punhan

Baba Punhan
Born Atababa Seyidali oglu Madatzadeh
(1948-11-05)November 5, 1948
Baku, Azerbaijan
Died April 17, 2004(2004-04-17) (aged 55)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Occupation Poet
Language Azerbaijani
Period 1962–2004
Genre Satire
Notable works
  • Sad Truth
  • What have I said...
  • If Karabakh goes...

Baba Punhan, born Atababa Seyidali oglu Madatzadeh (Azerbaijani: Baba Pünhan), (5 November 1948, Baku – 17 April 2004, Baku, Azerbaijan), was an Azerbaijani poet.[1][2]

Biography

He 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

Throughout his career he composed numerous pieces of meykhana based on modern Azerbaijan.[3]

List of works

Baba Punhan published about 278 ghazals. 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

  1. ↑ Biography from lit.az (in Azerbaijani)
  2. ↑ Baba Pünhan-"Mən nə dedim ki?!" (in Azerbaijani)
  3. 1 2 "Baba Pünhan", Adam.az bioqrafiya toplusu (in Azerbaijani), retrieved 2009-08-18
  4. ↑ "Baba Pünhan. Sənk yu (THANK YOU)". azadliq.org (in Azerbaijani). Radio Liberty. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Yerfi, Rovshan. "Əvəzi olmayan vətəndaş şair". kaspi.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Baba Pünhanin yaradıcılıq gecəsi keçirilib", Internews Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani), 2006-04-18, retrieved 2009-08-18
  • "Two poems of Baba Punhan". Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. Retrieved 2009-08-17. reprinted in an Azerbaijani magazine in 2005


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