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Samad Vurgun
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Azerbaijani-Soviet writer (1906-1956)
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Samad Vurgun, born Səməd Yusif oğlu Vəkilov in 1906, was an Azerbaijani poet, playwright, politician, and university teacher. He wrote in the Azerbaijani language and was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the USSR Union of Writers. His literary output included verse, narrative poetry, long poems, and drama, with notable works such as *Stikhotvoreniia i poemy*, *Izbrannye sochinenii͡a v dvukh tomakh*, and *Utrenni︠a︡i︠a︡ pesni︠a︡*.
Vurgun was educated at Lomonosov Moscow State University and held citizenship in the Russian Empire, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and the Soviet Union. He received several awards, including the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, the Order of the Badge of Honour, and the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945." He died of lung cancer in Baku in 1956 and is buried in the Alley of Honor.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1906
- Died
- 1956
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Stikhotvoreniia i poemy
- Izbrannye sochinenii͡a v dvukh tomakh
- Izbrannye proizvedenii͡a
- Poemy, 1931-1956
- Utrenni︠a︡i︠a︡ pesni︠a︡
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Key facts
- Born
- Samad Yusif oghlu Vekilov , ( 1906-03-21 ) 21 March 1906, Yukhary Salahly , Qazakh District , Azerbaijan
- Died
- 27 May 1956 (1956-05-27) (aged 50), Baku , Azerbaijan
- Occupation
- Poet
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Yukhary Salahly
- Place of death
- Baku
- Child
- Vaqif Səmədoğlu
- Occupation
- translator
- Educated at
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Azerbaijani
- Genre
- drama
- Movement
- socialist realism
- Image
- Samad Vurgun Vakilov.jpg
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- Commons category
- Samad Vurgun
- date of birth
- 1906-03-21
- date of death
- 1956-05-27
- member of
- USSR Union of Writers
- place of burial
- Alley of Honor
- name in native language
- Səməd Vurğun
- ethnic group
- Azerbaijanis
- birth name
- Səməd Yusif oğlu Vəkilov
- pseudonym
- Vurğun
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- Azerbaijani
- date of burial or cremation
- 1956-05-30
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Encyclopedic overview
Samad Vurgun (Azerbaijani: Səməd Vurğun [sæˈmæd vuɾˈɣun]; born Samad Yusif oghlu Vekilov; 21 March 1906 – 27 May 1956) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet poet, dramatist, public figure, first People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1943), academician of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (1945), laureate of two Stalin Prizes of second degree (1941, 1942), and member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1940.
The Azerbaijan State Academic Russian Drama Theatre and streets in Baku and Moscow, and formerly the city of Hovk in Armenia, are named after him.
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