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Mirza Fatali Akhundov

1812 - 1878

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Mirza Fatali Akhundov, also known as Mirza Fatali Akhundzade, or Mirza Fath-Ali Akhundzadeh (12 July 1812 – 9 March 1878), was a celebrated Iranian Azerbaijani author, playwright, atheist, philosopher, and literary critic who lived most of his life in the Russian Empire. He became famous mainly for his European-inspired plays written in Azerbaijani. Akhundzade singlehandedly opened a new stage of development of Azerbaijani literature. Through Persian translation, his plays also played an important role in the birth of modern Iranian theater. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mirza Fatali Akhundov is the 953rd most popular writer (down from 933rd in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (up from 18th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Azerbaijani Writer.

Mirza Fatali Akhundov was an Azerbaijani poet and a founder of modern Azerbaijani literature. He was also the first to translate the works of Shakespeare into Azerbaijani.

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Among writers, Mirza Fatali Akhundov ranks 953 out of 7,302. Before him are Prudentius, Percy Fawcett, Virginia Satir, Lucius Accius, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, and Samuel Butler. After him are George Steiner, Ernesto Sabato, Hrotsvitha, Horatio Alger, Peter Weiss, and Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.

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Among people born in 1812, Mirza Fatali Akhundov ranks 11. Before him are Ivan Goncharov, Alexander Herzen, Louise of Orléans, Truganini, Augustus Pugin, and Maria Cristina of Savoy. After him are Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Moses Hess, Sigismond Thalberg, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Ascanio Sobrero, and Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde. Among people deceased in 1878, Mirza Fatali Akhundov ranks 15. Before him are Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Elias Magnus Fries, George V of Hanover, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Angelo Secchi, and Władysław Tarnowski. After him are Antoine César Becquerel, Henri Victor Regnault, Nikolay Nekrasov, Queen Cheorin, Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, and Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Mirza Fatali Akhundov ranks 15 out of 232. Before him are Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), Abulfaz Elchibey (1938), Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Ivan Bagramyan (1897), and Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921). After him are Artur Rasizade (1935), Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885), Pavel Florensky (1882), Ayaz Mutallibov (1938), Garegin Nzhdeh (1886), and Ali Asadov (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Azerbaijan

Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Mirza Fatali Akhundov ranks 4. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), and Zecharia Sitchin (1920). After him are Khaqani (1126), Banine (1905), Mirza Shafi Vazeh (1794), Mahsati (1089), Samad Vurgun (1906), Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869), Ahmad Javad (1892), and Armen Ohanian (1887).

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