Abbas Sahhat

Abbas Sahhat

Abbas Sahhat ( Azerbaijani Mehdizadə Abbas Əliabbas oğlu , * around 1874 in Şamaxı ; † 1918 in Gəncə ) was a poet, playwright and translator as well as a representative of Romanticism in Azerbaijani literature .

Biography

Abbas Sahhat was born in the family of a mullah in the city of Şamaxı in 1874 . He studied medicine in Mashhad and Tehran . In 1901 he returned to Şamaxı and taught the Azerbaijani language at the secondary school. During this time his literary career began. From 1903 he began to publish articles in the Shargi-Rus newspaper . In 1905 he published an article entitled What Should The New Poetry Be? , then the poems Poetic Speech , Ode to Freedom , Voice of Awakening .

Abbas Sahat, who was an advocate of the idea of new-style schools , joined the romantic movement of Azerbaijani literature under the leadership of Ali bay Huseynzada ( Fuyuzat magazine , 1906-1907).

Abbas Sahhat published his writings regularly in magazines and newspapers in Baku during this period . He translated the works of Russian ( Lermontov , Pushkin , Krylov, Nadson, Maxim Gorki and others), French (Hugo, Muss, Sulli-Prudom and s.) And German poets and writers for Azerbaijani readers .

The poets' collection of poems under the title Broken Saz and a collection of translations of works by Russian and Western European poets under the title Western Sun came out in 1912. After some time, the poem Courage by Ahmed and a romantic poem The Poet, Muse and Townspeople were published in 1916.

The works of Hāfiz , Saadi , Nezāmi and other classical Persian poets influenced the poetry of Abbas Sahhat; at the same time he was interested in the literature of the Turkish peoples and in particular in the work of Tofik Fikret.

Abbas Sahhat valued the idea of ​​a liberal bourgeoisie in Azerbaijan and objected to the abandonment of Islamic values. He supported the idea of Westernism of the common Muslim in his works. He dedicated his most beautiful works to the Iranian Revolution in 1908.

The poet was close friends with the poet Mirza Alakbar Sabir. Both lived in the city of Şamaxı, which played an important role in that. Sometimes they visited Baku together.

Works

• Ignorance or happiness of an orphan . Baku : 1914
• Broken Saz . Baku : 1912 ,
• Poverty is not a vice , (comedy in two acts).
• Western Sun (translation collection). Baku : 1912 .
• Petroleumquelle , (comedy in 1 act). Baku : 1912 .
• Textbook for 3-year teaching of the Azerbaijani language (With Mr. Mahmudbeyov), Baku : 1912 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Литературная энциклопедия 1929-1939. Аббас Сиххат