Baba Punhan

{{Short description|Azerbaijani poet}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|11|05}}

| birth_place = Kurdakhany, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union

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| death_place = Kurdakhany, Baku, Azerbaijan

| occupation = Poet

| genre = Satire

| language = Azerbaijani

| period = 1962–2004

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Baba Punhan, born Atababa Seyidali oghlu Madatzadeh ({{langx|az|Baba Pünhan}}), (5 November 1948, Baku – 17 April 2004, Baku, Azerbaijan), was an Azerbaijani poet.[http://www.lit.az/?%26%23399%3Bd%26%23601%3Bbi_t%26%23601%3Bnqid:18.09.2008%2FVaqif_Yusifli%2FBaba_P%FCnhan Biography from lit.az] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908050324/http://www.lit.az/?& |date=2007-09-08 }} {{in lang|az}}[http://shems-meclisi.com/enter/?p=611 Baba Pünhan-"Mən nə dedim ki?!"]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|az}}

Biography

He was called up for military service in 1968, which he served in Kiev.{{citation|url=http://www.adam.az/az.php?subaction=showfull&id=1204741629&archive=&start_from=&ucat=20,38&go=headlines&category=38|chapter=Baba Pünhan|title=Adam.az bioqrafiya toplusu|accessdate=2009-08-18|language=Azerbaijani|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706130912/http://www.adam.az/az.php?subaction=showfull&id=1204741629&archive=&start_from=&ucat=20,38&go=headlines&category=38|archive-date=2011-07-06|url-status=dead}} He was praised for popularising Azenglish in Azerbaijani literature.{{cite news|title=Baba Pünhan. Sənk yu (THANK YOU)|url=http://www.azadliq.org/content/article/24312155.html|newspaper=Azadlıq Radiosu|date=30 August 2011 |publisher=Radio Liberty|accessdate=27 June 2014|language=Azerbaijani}}{{cite web|last1=Yerfi|first1=Rovshan|title=Əvəzi olmayan vətəndaş şair|url=http://kaspi.az/enews.php?id=371|website=kaspi.az|accessdate=27 June 2014|language=Azerbaijani|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730060606/http://kaspi.az/enews.php?id=371|archive-date=30 July 2014|url-status=dead}}

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|date=August 2009}} His most well-known books include:{{citation|url=http://www.mediaforum.az/articles.php?article_id=20060418070248115&lang=az&page=00|periodical=Internews Azerbaijan|title=Baba Pünhanin yaradıcılıq gecəsi keçirilib|date=2006-04-18|accessdate=2009-08-18|language=Azerbaijani|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717072139/http://www.mediaforum.az/articles.php?article_id=20060418070248115&lang=az&page=00|archive-date=2011-07-17|url-status=dead}}

  • Acı həqiqət (Sad Truth, 2000)
  • Yalan çeynəyə–çeynəyə (Chewing Lies, 2000)
  • Mən nə dedim ki ... (What have I said..., 2004)

References

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