Narmin Kamal

Narmin Kamal (Nərmin Kamal) (b. 9 October 1981) is an essayist and novelist from Azerbaijan.

Work

Nermin Kamal is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature of Azerbaijan. She started her literary career as a modernist poet in late 1990's and as a novelist Nermin Kamal made her debut with Open, It's Me! (2010, Baku), the experimental novel, critically acclaimed, won two local awards in Azerbaijan, Imadaddin Nasimi Prize and Young Novelist Radio Liberty Prize for debut novels. .

In 2008 she was one of twelve European writers invited to write an essay for the young.euro.connect German festival.^[1] She was among the six invited to the readings in Berlin and Munich.

Nermin Kamal won the first place at 2010 essay competition "The Life and Thoughts of a Woman in Azerbaijan", which was organized with the generous support of the British Embassy in Baku in 2010.

She translated Sophie's World a novel on history of philosophy by Jostein Gaarder from English into Azerbaijani, which was published in 2010.

Nermin Kamal holds BA (hons) in Philosophy and MA (D) in History of Philosophy. "Umberto Eco and Philosophy of Postmodernism" - her PhD work was published in 2008/2012 in Baku (Qanun Publishing), she was a visiting researcher in Spain and Italy, researched her thesis at University of Navarra and Bologna University with a Spanish supervisor. The winner of 2011 Writer-in-Residence, Vienna, Kulturkontakt.

References

↑ "Young Euro Connect". Young Euro Connect. Retrieved 2009-05-03.

External links

Azerbaijani literature

Medieval	Izzeddin Hasanoglu Nasir Bakuvi Kadi Burhan al-Din Darir of Arzurum Jahan Shah Haqiqi Habibi Qasem-e Anvar Khasta Qasim Imadaddin Nasimi Yaqub ibn Uzun Hasan Shah Ismail I Hagiri Tabrizi Kishvari Muhammad Fuzuli Shah Tahmasp I Mahammad Amani Saib Tabrizi Qovsi Tabrizi Roohi Bagdadi Masihi Tarzi Afshar Fatma Khanum Ani

Modern	Molla Panah Vagif Molla Vali Vidadi Mirza Shafi Vazeh Firidun bey Kocharli Khurshidbanu Natavan Abbasgulu Bakikhanov Mirza Fatali Akhundov Gasim bey Zakir Ali bey Huseynzade Seyid Azim Shirvani Hasan bey Zardabi Mirza Alakbar Sabir Seyid Abulgasim Nabati Zeynalabdin Shirvani Heyran Khanim Ali Mojuz Jalil Mammadguluzadeh Nariman Narimanov Jafargulu agha Javanshir Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev Ismayil bey Gutgashynly Sakina Akhundzadeh Hashim bey Vazirov Mehdigulu Khan Vafa Suleyman Sani Akhundov Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli Mammed Said Ordubadi Najaf bey Vazirov Ashig Alasgar Mahammad Hadi Abbas Sahhat Abdulla Shaig Huseyn Javid Jafar Jabbarly Ali Nazmi Mikayil Mushfig Samad Vurgun Aliagha Vahid Mirza Khazar Mir Jalal Pashayev Ahmad Javad

Contemporary	Suleyman Rustam Ali Nazem Ilyas Afandiyev Rasul Rza Nigar Rafibeyli Mirza Ibrahimov Almas Ildyrym Mirvarid Dilbazi Ismayil Shykhly Manaf Suleymanov Baba Punhan Anar Rzayev Fikrat Goja Bahar Shirvani Nusrat Kasamanli Elchin Afandiyev Khalil Rza Uluturk Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi Mammad Araz Magsud Ibrahimbeyov Rustam Ibragimbekov Chingiz Abdullayev Natig Rasulzadeh Afag Masud Akram Aylisli Ramiz Rovshan Naser Manzuri Samad Behrangi Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar Madina Gulgun Samin Baghtcheban Jabbar Baghtcheban Sahand Yadollah Maftun Amini Mehdi Huseyn Isa Mughanna Vagif Samadoghlu Qilman Ilkin Vidadi Babanli Elchin Safarli Gholamhossein Bigdeli Hidayet Lala Hasanova Fuad Viento Gasham Najafzadeh Ali Akbar Seymur Baycan

Notes	Azerbaijani is the official language of the Republic of Azerbaijan and one of the official languages of the Republic of Dagestan. It is also spoken in some regions of Iran, Turkey, Russia and Georgia.