Samed Vurgun: biography and creativity

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Our today's hero is Samed Vurgun. His biography will be discussed in detail later. We are talking about the Azerbaijani Soviet poet, playwright and public figure. He was the first to receive the title of People's in his republic. He is also an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. He became a laureate of two Stalin Prizes of the second degree. He was a member of the CPSU (b).

Biography

Soviet poet Samed Vurgun was born in 1906 in the Kazakh district, the village of Yukhara Salakhly. When our hero was 6 years old, his mother died. The boy remained in the care of his grandmother Aisha Khanum and his father. After the future poet graduated from the zemstvo school in 1918, the family moved to Kazakh. There, our hero, together with Mehtikhan Vekilov - his elder brother - entered the Kazakh Teachers' Seminary. Some time later, the father passes away. It happened in 1922. A year later, my grandmother died. Thus, the care of our hero, as well as his brother, passed to Khangyzy Vekilova, their cousin.

The first poem of the poet "Appeal to the youth" was published in the Tiflis newspaper under the name "Yeni Fikir" in 1925. Our hero was a teacher of literature in one of the rural schoolsKazakh. For two years he studied at Moscow University. This was between 1929 and 1930. After that, our hero continued his studies and became a student at the Pedagogical Institute. Then he attended a similar university in Azerbaijan. In 1945 he was elected a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. He became a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from the second to the fourth convocation. The poet passed away in 1956, on May 27. Our hero was buried in Baku.

Creativity

Samed Vurgun noted that he considers the disclosure of the poetry of the surrounding reality to be his main creative task. The first publication of our hero appeared in 1925 on the pages of the New Thought newspaper. A poem called "Appeal to the youth" was written in connection with the end of the seminary. The first book of our hero was published in 1930. It was called "The Poet's Oath".

The Great Patriotic War played a special role in the work of this author. During this period, the poet created more than sixty poems, as well as several poems, among them the work "Baku dastan". During this period, the glory of our hero as a poet is growing. The leaflets, on which the work “To the Partisans of Ukraine” was written, were dropped from an airplane into local forests to support the detachments. In 1943 in America, as part of a competition for the best anti-war poem, the poet's work called "Mother's Parting Words" was highly appreciated. This work, among the twenty best in world poetry, was published in New York, and then distributed among military personnel. Soon byOn the initiative of our hero, the House of Intelligentsia named after Fizuli was created in Baku. It hosted military events and meetings with veterans.

Poems

Poet Samad Vurgun in 1928 began work on his first work in this genre. It was called "Komsomolskaya Poem". In 1932, the work "The Event" was published. In 1933, the poems Muradkhan, Khumar, Lokbatan, Rural Morning appeared. In 1934, The Bench of Death was published. In 1935, the poems "Bitter Memories", "Twenty-Six", "Gallows", "Lost Love" were published. In 1936, our hero writes the work "Riot". In 1937, The Tale of Collective Farm Woman Basti was published. The poem "Baku dastan" was published in 1944

Plays

Samed Vurgun in 1937 published the work "Vagif". It reproduces the tragic fate of Molla Panah Vagif. In 1939, the play "Khanlar" appeared. It is dedicated to the life of a revolutionary named Khanlar Safaraliev. In 1941, the work "Farhad and Shirin" was published - a poetic drama based on Nizami's poem. In 1945, the work "Man" was published.

Translations

Samed Vurgun in 1936 translated the novel "Eugene Onegin" by A. S. Pushkin into Azerbaijani. For this work he was awarded a medal. It was presented by the Pushkin Committee. In 1936, he translated part of Shota Rustaveli's The Knight in the Panther's Skin. For this work, the poet received the Certificate of Honor of the Georgian SSR. In 1939, his translation of the poem "Leyli and Majnun" by Nizami Ganjavi was published. Also our heroadapted some of the works of Maxim Gorky. Translated a number of works by Dzhambul, Ilya Chavchavadze and Taras Shevchenko.

Family and legacy

Samed Vurgun was married to Khaver khanum Mirzabekova. He has three children. The first son's name is Yusif Samadoglu. He became a people's writer of Azerbaijan. The second son is V-g.webp

In 1961, a monument to the poet was erected in Baku. The sculptor was Fuad Abdurakhmanov. In 1975, the House-Museum of Samad Vurgun was opened in Baku. It became the first memorial dedicated to an individual. The house hosted meetings of famous cultural figures of that period. In 1976, Rauf Hajiyev, a composer, created a cantata dedicated to our hero. In 1976, a postage stamp of the USSR was prepared in honor of him. In 2006, the centenary of the poet was celebrated. A special postage stamp of Azerbaijan was issued for this event.

A library in the city of Kyiv, the Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theatre, a technical school in Bulgaria, a school in Dushanbe N257, streets in Baku, Agjabedi and Moscow, a village in Azerbaijan are named after our hero. In 1943, Samad Vurgun was awarded the title of People's Poet of the Azerbaijan SSR. In 1943 he became an Honored Art Worker. For a play called "Vagif" he received the Stalin Prize of the second degree. He was awarded a similar prize for the work "Farhad and Shirin". Now you know who Samed Vurgun is. Photos of the poet are attached to thismaterial.