Mirvarid Dilbazi

Mirvarid Dilbazi

Mirvarid Dilbazi (Azerbaijani: Mirvarid Paşa qızı Dilbazi), (19 August 1912, Gazakh, Azerbaijan – 12 July 2001, Baku) was an Azerbaijani poet.

She was born in the village of Musakoy (former Khanliglar) located in the Gazakh, Azerbaijan. Both of her grandfathers, Haji Rahim and Abdurahman Dilbazi, were poets. In 1921, Mirvarid moved to Baku and got admitted to the newly established Female Boarding School. After six years of studying, Mirvarid started teaching at elementary school in Bilajari. Upon graduation from Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute, she moved to Guba and continued teaching there.[1]

Mirvarid Dilbazi's first poem, Women's Emancipation, was published in 1927. Her first book, Our Voice, followed in 1934. After that, she wrote numerous poems and children's books such as First Spring (1937), Love for Motherland (1942), Memories (1945), Dream of the Master (1948), Images of life (1967), Algerian Girl (1961), To my younger fellows (1956), Spring is coming (1968), etc.[2] Dilbazi has also translated works by writers such as Pushkin, Khagani and Nizami. In 1979, she was named "People's Poet of Azerbaijan". President Heydar Aliyev awarded her with the Istiglal Order (Order of Sovereignty) in 1998.[3] During her long lifetime, Mirvarid witnessed Stalin's Repressions of 1937, the tragic losses of World War II, and the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.

Mirvarid's cousin, Amina Dilbazi, was a well-known Azeri ballet-master and folk-music dancer.

References

  1. ↑ (Russian) And death wouldn’t dare to cross it out! Nash Vek. July 20, 2001. Retrieved June 14, 2007
  2. ↑ Voices of Azerbaijani History
  3. ↑ Oil Boom, Century of Tears by Mirvarid Dilbazi. Azerbaijan International. Autumn 1999, #7.3

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