Tofig Mahmud Explained

Tofig Mahmud
Tofiq Mahmud
Birth Date:6 November 1931
Birth Place:Shahbuz District, Nakhichevan ASSR, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Death Place:Baku, Azerbaijan
Occupation:writer
Awards:Лауреат премии ЛКСМ Азербайджанской ССР.png|17px|link=Lenin Komsomol Prize

Tofig Mahmud oghlu Mehdiyev (Azerbaijani: Tofiq Mahmud oğlu Mehdiyev, November 6, 1931 – April 4, 1997)was an Azerbaijani poet, writer, translator, publicist, member of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers since 1958, laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1984).

Biography

Tofig Mahmud was born on November 6, 1931, in Shahbuz District of Nakhichevan ASSR. He graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Azerbaijan State University (1949–1954). He started his career as a methodologist of the methodical cabinet in the Department of Cultural and Educational Institutions of the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan (1954), then he became a special correspondent in the editorial office of the "Azerbaijan muallimi" newspaper (1958–1961), and a literary worker in the editorial office of the "Goyarchin" magazine (1961).[1]

Tofig Mahmud became known in the literary world with his first book "Yola chixiram" (1959). Since 1976, he worked as an editor of "Goyarchin" magazine. He was also engaged in literary translation. His works have been translated into foreign languages. He was the chairman of the Baku branch of the Children's Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan and a member of the advisory board (since 1989). He was elected the chairman of the children's and youth literature council of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers, a member of the children's and youth literature council of the Union of Soviet Writers.[2]

He was awarded the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan. In 1984, he was a laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Tofig Mahmud died on April 4, 1997, in Baku.[3] "Tofiq Mahmud Award" (presented annually to the authors of the best children's poems) was established in the poet's name.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nağılları xatırladan bir aləm: Tofiq Mahmudun hekayələrində uşaq dünyası . November 2, 2017 . May 8, 2023 .
  2. Web site: Tofiq Mahmud bədii yaradıcılığının sirləri . May 8, 2023 .
  3. Web site: Tofiq Mahmud . May 8, 2023 .