Baba Punhan

Baba Punhan, born Atababa Seyidali oglu Madatzadeh (Azerbaijani: Baba Pünhan), (5 November 1948, Baku – 17 April 2004, Baku, Azerbaijan), was an Azerbaijani poet.[1][2]

Baba Punhan
Born	Atababa Seyidali oglu Madatzadeh November 5, 1948 Baku, Azerbaijan
Died	April 17, 2004 (aged 55) Baku, Azerbaijan
Occupation	Poet
Language	Azerbaijani
Period	1962–2004
Genre	Satire
Notable works	Sad Truth What have I said... If Karabakh goes...

Biography

He was called up for military service in 1968, which he served in Kiev.[3] He was praised for popularising Azenglish in Azerbaijani literature.[4][5]

Music

Throughout his career he composed numerous pieces of meykhana based on modern Azerbaijan.[3]

List of works

Baba Punhan published about 278 ghazals. His most well-known books include:[6]

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

References

1. Biography from lit.az Archived 2007-09-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
2. Baba Pünhan-"Mən nə dedim ki?!" (in Azerbaijani)
3. "Baba Pünhan", Adam.az bioqrafiya toplusu (in Azerbaijani), archived from the original on 2011-07-06, retrieved 2009-08-18
4. "Baba Pünhan. Sənk yu (THANK YOU)". azadliq.org (in Azerbaijani). Radio Liberty. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
5. Yerfi, Rovshan. "Əvəzi olmayan vətəndaş şair". kaspi.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
6. "Baba Pünhanin yaradıcılıq gecəsi keçirilib", Internews Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani), 2006-04-18, archived from the original on 2011-07-17, retrieved 2009-08-18

External links

• "Two poems of Baba Punhan". Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. Retrieved 2009-08-17.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) reprinted in an Azerbaijani magazine in 2005