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“The” Great Azerbaijani Poet, Nizami
Evgenii E. Berthels' compelling book describes the life, work and context of Nizami Ganjavi and his poems. His book not only details fascinating stories about the history of Azerbaijan but also portrays Nizami as a remarkable figure, not only in literature and art, but also human civilization in general. Berthel's evaluation of Nizami reveals how his work transcends national, racial, religious and geographical borders, and explores how Nizami's poetry is still relevant 750 years later.
Azerbaijani Women Poet-minstrels
"... a comprehensive analysis of women in a bardic genre in a little known region of the world."
The Great Azerbaijani Sufi/Hurufi Poet NASIMI (1369-1417)
The Great Azerbaijani Sufi/Hurufi Poet NASIMI (1369-1417) SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. Nasimi is one of the greatest mystical poets with Hafez of the late 14th and early 15th centuries and one of the most prominent early masters in Azerbaijani literary history. For Nasimi at the centre of Creation there was God, who bestowed His Light on man. Through sacrifice and self-perfection, man can become one with Him. As a direct result of his beliefs he was skinned alive. His tomb in Aleppo remains an important place of pilgrimage to this day. His work consists of two collections of poems, one in Persian and the most important in Azerbaijani/Turkish that consists of 250-300 ...
Classic Poetry of Azerbaijan
CLASSIC POETRY OF AZERBAIJAN An Anthology Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Here is one of the few anthologies in English of the greatest poets of Azerbaijan in the classic period, from the 11th to the 17th century. All the poems translated here in the forms of the ghazal, masnavi, ruba'i, qit'a and qasida have been kept to the correct rhyme and meaning. The poets are... Qatran, Mahsati, Mujir, Khaqani, Nizami, Shabistari, Humam, Kadi Buran-ud-din, Nasim Anwar, Nesimi, Khata'i, Fuzuli and Sa'ib. There is an Introduction on Various Forms in the Classical Poetry of Azerbaijan and biographies and further reading options on all of these always engrossing and powerful, beautiful, mysterious, ...
The Idea of Independence in Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh's Poetry
This monograph analyzes the poetry of the famous Azerbaijani poet and public figure Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (1925-2009). The author examines his work written on the topic of independence as characterized within the context of contemporary theoretical-aesthetical thinking. "Social-political processes play an important role in the basis of the national ideology. From this standpoint the collapse of the Soviet political regime and gaining of independence by Azerbaijan at the end of the last century caused fundamental changes both in the social-political life and the literary-culturological sphere..."
KHAQANI The Great Sufi/Christian Azerbaijani/Persian Poet
KHAQANI The Great Sufi/Christian Azerbaijani/Persian Poet SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. Khaqani (or Afzaladdin Ibrahim ibn Ali Nadjar) was born in Shirwan in Azerbaijan in 1122 and he died in Tabriz in 1199. He was a great poet and a master of the qasida and one of the first of the ghazal. He was born into the family of a carpenter in Melgem, near Shamakhy. He lost his father and was brought up by an uncle, a doctor and astronomer at court of the Shirwanshah, who acted 'as his nurse and tutor'. His mother was a Christian and Jesus features in many of his poems including his famous 'Christian' qasida composed in jail, here fully translated. After he was invited to cour...
Aesopian Literary Dimensions of Azerbaijani Literature of the Soviet Period, 1920-1990
Aesopian Literary Dimensions analyzes the evolution of national thinking in Azerbaijani literature from 1920 to 1990. It traces the history of literary trends and methodological patterns--particularly the clandestine means and methods of expression in national literature--in Azerbaijani literature. Maliheh Tyrrell has fashioned a unique book that uncovers the ways national Azerbaijani thinking outwardly adapted itself to the themes and political strategies of the dominant Soviet ideology. The work reveals and discusses the range of literary techniques, ranging from nonverbal visual methods to symbolic themes, employed by Azerbaijani authors to refute the official optimism of Soviet propaganda and communicate a distinct sense of Azerbaijani "otherness."
