website death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name
-lsb- http://www.vahabzade.net vahabzade.net -rsb- baku 13 february 2009 nukha 16 august 1925 bakhtiyar vahabzadeh
 bakhtiyar vahabzadeh
bakhtiyar vahabzadeh

bakhtiyar vahabzadeh -lrb- ; august 16 , 1925 -- february 13 , 2009 -rrb- was an azerbaijani poet .
born in nukha , he moved to baku in 1934 and studied philology at azerbaijan state university -lrb- 1947 -rrb- .
he became an assistant at the same department and completed his doctorate with his thesis on the famous azerbaijani poet samed vurgun .
until his death , he worked at the same university as a professor of `` contemporary azerbaijani literature '' and as a deputy at the parliament of azerbaijan .
he was recognized in turkey with his article titled `` yel kaya ` dan ne aparır ? ''
-lrb- what does the wind steal from the stone ? -rrb-
, which was published in `` varlık '' and which was an answer to the critics of the poet fuzûlî .
his articles and poems also appeared in the review `` türk edebiyatı '' for years .
besides poetry , vahabzade also wrote long verses or stories in verse -lrb- poems -rrb- , plays and made translations .
among his long verses , there is the `` yollar-oğullar '' -lrb- roads-sons -rrb- which was dedicated to the algerian independence movement , and the `` mugam '' , which was dedicated to the composer Üzeyir hacıbeyli .
he wrote numerous lyrics , most of which were set to music and wrote plays such as '' İkinci ses '' -lrb- the second sound -rrb- , `` yağışdan sonra '' -lrb- after the rain -rrb- , `` artığ adam '' -lrb- waste man -rrb- and `` vicdan '' -lrb- conscience -rrb- .
he translated the work titled `` abidon felini '' by lord byron into azerbaijani .
his poems have been translated into many languages in the soviet union as well as into many turkic languages and into german , french and persian .
he received the commodore medal of the romania ministry of culture in 2002 with his poetry book titled `` benim garibim '' -lrb- my poor -rrb- .
he has been regarded as the second greatest contemporary poet of azerbaijan , after samed vurgun .
he was awarded with istiglal order for his contributions to national independence movement of azerbaijan by president of azerbaijan heydar aliyev on april 15 , 1995 .
vahabzadeh died aged 83 on february 13 , 2009 in baku .
