Nariman Hasanzade, an outstanding representative of Azerbaijani literature, People’s Poet, playwright, and public figure, has passed away in the hospital where he was admitted due to a deterioration in his health.
Sea-news.az reports citing the Ministry of Culture, that it was impossible to save the life of the prominent artist, whose health worsened on June 26.
Born on February 18, 1931, in the settlement of Poylu, Qazakh district, Nariman Hasanzade graduated from Ganja State University and the M. Gorky Institute of Literature in Moscow, and received a philosophy doctor’s degree in philology. Over the years, the writer served as the editor-in-chief of the Literature and Art newspaper, the first deputy minister of press and information, the chairman of the Board of the Literary Foundation, and also headed the Department of Humanities at the National Aviation Academy for a long time.
Possessing a rich literary heritage, the artist’s unforgettable poetic and dramatic works such as “My heart wants poetry,” “The Emerald Bird,” “Aunt Nabat’s bread,” “Nuru Pasha,” “Atabeys,” and “Let the whole East know” have enriched the treasury of Azerbaijani literature.
For his exceptional services to the development of Azerbaijani culture, Nariman Hasanzade was awarded the honorary title of “People’s Poet,” the “Shohrat,” “Sharaf,” “Istiglal,” and “Heydar Aliyev” orders, as well as the Heydar Aliyev Prize, and was a recipient of the President’s personal stipend.
The dear memory of the prominent poet and playwright Nariman Hasanzade will live forever in the hearts of our people and in the history of our literature.
