Baba Punhan Explained

Baba Punhan
Birth Date:	5 November 1948
Birth Place:	Kurdakhany, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:	Kurdakhany, Baku, Azerbaijan
Occupation:	Poet
Genre:	Satire
Language:	Azerbaijani
Period:	1962–2004

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

Biography

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

Music

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

List of works

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

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

External links

• Web site: Two poems of Baba Punhan . 2009-08-17 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20060507212459/http://www.irs-az.com/gen/n9/9_17.htm . 2006-05-07 . reprinted in an Azerbaijani magazine in 2005

Notes and References

1. http://www.lit.az/?%26%23399%3Bd%26%23601%3Bbi_t%26%23601%3Bnqid:18.09.2008%2FVaqif_Yusifli%2FBaba_P%FCnhan Biography from lit.az
2. http://shems-meclisi.com/enter/?p=611 Baba Pünhan-"Mən nə dedim ki?!"
3. News: Baba Pünhan. Sənk yu (THANK YOU). Azadlıq Radiosu. 30 August 2011 . Radio Liberty. 27 June 2014. Azerbaijani.
4. Web site: Yerfi. Rovshan. Əvəzi olmayan vətəndaş şair. kaspi.az. 27 June 2014. Azerbaijani. https://web.archive.org/web/20140730060606/http://kaspi.az/enews.php?id=371. 30 July 2014. dead.