Ahmad Javad
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Occupation | Poet |
Citizenship | Russian Empire, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Soviet Union |
Ahmad Javad (
Biography
Ahmad Javad Akhundzade was born on May 5, 1892, in the village
During the First Balkan War, he fought on the Ottoman side in a detachment of volunteers from the Caucasus.
He published the poetry books "Goshma" (1916) and "Dalga" (1919). In 1918, at the suggestion of
In 1922–1927 he studied in the history and philology department of Azerbaijan's Pedagogic Institute, and simultaneously taught at the technical scholl named after Nariman Narimanov.
In 1924–1926 he worked as the senior secretary of the Union of Soviet Writers of Azerbaijan. In 1925 Javad was arrested for the poem "Goygol".
In 1930 he moved to Ganja. From 1930 to 1933 he was a teacher, then the associate professor and the head of a chair of Russian and Azerbaijani languages of Ganja Agricultural Institute. In 1933 he received the title of professor.[clarify] Afterwards he headed a literary department of Ganja Drama Theater.
In 1934, Javad returned to Baku, worked as an editor of translation department of the "Azernashr" Publishing House. In 1935–1936, he headed the department of documentary films at the "Azerbaijanfilm" film studio.
Arrest and death
Javad was a leader of the Musavat Literature Union called Yashil Galamlar (Green Pens). Javad was one of many Azerbaijani artists and writers imprisoned and killed by the Soviet regime for ideas that it considered dangerous.[1]
There is a photo of prisoner Ahmad Javad, number 1112. The last sentence reads: "The death sentence of Ahmad Javad was executed on October 13, 1937, in Baku". His family was exiled.
The documents charged that in addition to being a member of the Musavat Party, Ahmad Javad was a friend of M.A.Rasulzade, the founder of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, as well as the poets Mushfig and Javid.
His wife Shukriya Khanum was separated from her children and sentenced to eight years in a Siberian Labor camp.
In December 1955, Javad was rehabilitated. His works include "Poems" (1958) and "Don't cry, I will do" (1991). In March 1937 he was awarded the first prize [clarification needed] for his translation of Shota Rustaveli's "The Knight in Tiger Skin" into Azerbaijani. Other works he translated into Azerbaijani include: Pushkin's "Copper Rider", Gorky's Childhood, Turgenev's prose, Shakespeare's Othello, Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel', Knut Hamsun's Hunger.
English Translation
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See also
- Read full texts by this author on Wikisource.
References
- ^ a b c Sharifov, Azad (1998)"Reviving the Memory of Silenced Voices, Ahmad Javad - Poet," Azerbaijan International, 6(1), Spring 1998.
- ^ a b Akhundlu, Y. (2004). Ədəbi portretlər [Literary Portraits] (in Azerbaijani). Baku: Adiloglu Publishing House. p. 328.
- ^ ISBN 5-8020-0741-9.
- ^ Nəbiyev, Bəkir (2004). Əhməd Cavad [Ahmed Javad] (in Azerbaijani). Baku: Ozan Publishing House. p. 29.
External links
- Biography (Azeri)
- "Ahmad Javad: Stalin's Legacy—Wiping Out Azerbaijan's Brightest Thinkers" by his son Yilmaz Akhundzade in "Azerbaijan International," Vol. 14:1 (Spring 2006), pp. 80–83. Two poems by Javad are also included (English translation).