Baba Punhan

Baba Punhan
Born(1948-11-05)November 5, 1948
Kurdakhany, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
DiedApril 17, 2004(2004-04-17) (aged 55)
Kurdakhany, Baku, Azerbaijan
OccupationPoet
Writing career
LanguageAzerbaijani
Period1962–2004
GenreSatire
Notable works
  • Sad Truth
  • What have I said...
  • If Karabakh goes...

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

Biography

He was called up for military service in 1968, which he served in Kiev. He was praised for popularising Azenglish in Azerbaijani literature.

Music

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

List of works

Baba Punhan published about 278 ghazals.[citation needed] His most well-known books include:

References

  1. ↑ Biography from lit.az Archived 2007-09-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
  2. ↑ Baba Pünhan-"Mən nə dedim ki?!"[permanent dead link] (in Azerbaijani)
  3. 1 2 "Baba Pünhan", Adam.az bioqrafiya toplusu (in Azerbaijani), archived from the original on 2011-07-06, retrieved 2009-08-18
  4. ↑ "Baba Pünhan. Sənk yu (THANK YOU)". Azadlıq Radiosu (in Azerbaijani). Radio Liberty. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Yerfi, Rovshan. "Əvəzi olmayan vətəndaş şair". kaspi.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Baba Pünhanin yaradıcılıq gecəsi keçirilib", Internews Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani), 2006-04-18, archived from the original on 2011-07-17, retrieved 2009-08-18