Chingiz Alakbarzadeh

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| name = Chingiz Alakbarzadeh

| birth_date = 17 October 1936

| death_date = 7 January 1999

| occupation = journalist, writer

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Chingiz Abulhasan oghlu Alakbarzadeh (Azerbaijani: Çingiz Əbülhəsən oğlu Ələkbərzadə) was a journalist and writer.

Biography

He was born on October 17, 1936, in Baku. As a young man, he wished to become a musician. However, his father, Abulhasan Alakbarzadeh, disapproved, and so Chingiz Abulhasan studied philology at the Azerbaijan State University.{{Cite web |date=2016-10-17 |title=Чингиз Алекперзаде - 80: Воспоминания дочерей, Севды и Эльмиры (ФОТО) |url=https://www.trend.az/life/socium/2673519.html |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Trend.Az |language=ru}} After graduating, Chingiz worked as a teacher and editor of the newspapers Işiq and Zəhmətkeş. He then became head of the news department at the Azerbaijan State Television and Radio Company.

Chingiz Abulhasan's work includes the books Yarpaqlar tokuləndə, Gullələr dənizdə sonur, Qızıl yəhərli at, Vulkan, Zindan, and his autobiography, Türmə mənim ahımdır.{{Cite web |title=80 лет со дня рождения писателя Чингиза Алекперзаде – ФОТО |url=https://1news.az/news/20161017014511890-80-let-so-dnya-rozhdeniya-pisatelya-CHingiza-Alekperzade-FOTO |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=1news.az |language=ru}}

In 1986, Chingiz Alakbarzadeh was illegally sentenced{{Clarification needed|reason=sentenced of what and why?|date=October 2024}} to two years and eight months in prison. He was released in 1988. His time in prison influenced his writing of Zindan and Türmə mənim ahımdır.{{Cite web |date=2016-10-17 |title=Чингиз Алекперзаде-80. Знаменитые певицы поделились воспоминаниями об отце - ФОТО |url=https://news.day.az/culture/831714.html |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Day.Az |language=ru}}

References

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Category:1936 births

Category:1999 deaths

Category:Writers from Baku

Category:Baku State University alumni

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