People's poet of Azerbaijan Nariman Hasanzade dies
Nariman Hasanzade, an outstanding representative of Azerbaijani poetry, people's poet, playwright and public figure, has died.
The Ministry of Culture reported this.
On June 26, Nariman Hasanzade was hospitalized due to a deterioration in his health.
Nariman Alimamed oglu Hasanzade was born on February 18, 1931, in the village of Poylu in the Gazakh district. From 1949 to 1953 he studied at the philological faculty of the present-day Ganja State University. In 1961 he graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow, where he also completed the two-year Higher Literary Courses.
From 1962 to 1965 Nariman Hasanzade was a postgraduate student at the department of the history of Azerbaijani literature at Azerbaijan State University (now Baku State University), defending his candidate dissertation on the topic "Azerbaijani-Ukrainian literary relations (1941–1945)."
In various years he worked at the newspaper "Azerbaijan gyanjlyari," the magazine "Azerbaijan" and the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting. From 1976 to 1990 he served as editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Literature and Art." He also headed the Azerbaijani branch of the Literary Fund of the USSR for several years. From 1990 to 1995 he was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan, and from 1991 to 2001 he served as first deputy minister of press and information. Since 2004 he has been chairman of the board of the Literary Fund. For many years he headed the department of humanities at the National Aviation Academy.
Having begun his literary career at a young age, Nariman Hasanzade gained wide recognition thanks to the books "The Heart Asks for Poems," "Unforgettable Days," "I Will Remind About Myself Again," "Nariman," "Why Didn't You Say," "Emerald Bird," "Aunt Nabat's Bread," "My Days and Nights," "You Forgave" and others published in the 1960s and 1970s.
Socio-political, historical and national themes occupied a special place in his work. Poems, narrative poems and dramatic works included in the collections "I Ask Life for a Little More Time," "Don't Worry," "Who Has a Question?," "Selected Works," "Nature Destroyed My Marriage," "To All Peoples," "Gift of Fate," "Nuri Pasha," "The World That Comes and Goes" were distinguished by high artistic merit, patriotic spirit and moral purity, enriching Azerbaijani literature. The writer's works have been translated into English, French, German, Persian, Italian, Czech, Hindi, Arabic, Croatian, Russian and other languages.
Plays based on Nariman Hasanzade's works, including "Let the Whole East Know," "Atabeks," "Pompey's Campaign to the Caucasus" and "Aunt Nabat's Bread," were staged and warmly received by audiences.
The poet's services in the development of Azerbaijani literature and culture were repeatedly recognized by the state. He was awarded the honorary titles "Honored Art Worker" (1981) and "People's Poet" (2005), the orders "Shohrat" (2001), "Sharaf" (2011), "Istiglal" (2021), "Heydar Aliyev" (2026), as well as the Heydar Aliyev Prize (2017). Since 2002 he has been a personal scholarship holder of the President of Azerbaijan.
