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Samad Vurgun

1906 - 1956

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Samad Vurgun (Azerbaijani: Səməd Vurğun [sæˈmæd vuɾˈɣun]; born Samad Yusif oghlu Vekilov; March 21, 1906 – May 27, 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. Samad Vurgun is the first poet in the literature history of Azerbaijan who was given the title “The Poet of Public”. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samad Vurgun is the 2,875th most popular writer (down from 2,622nd in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Azerbaijan (up from 53rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Azerbaijani Writer.

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Among writers, Samad Vurgun ranks 2,875 out of 7,302. Before him are Eric Roth, Balthasar Russow, Mihailo Lalić, Hilaire Belloc, Wolfgang Iser, and John Ashbery. After him are Yevgeny Baratynsky, Gasparo Contarini, Aelred of Rievaulx, Angela Carter, Josef Škvorecký, and Alexander Imich.

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Among people born in 1906, Samad Vurgun ranks 158. Before him are Joan Hickson, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Raymond Sommer, Marian Spychalski, and Endre Kabos. After him are Thomas S. Gates Jr., T. H. White, Bob King, Jørgen Juve, Jack Churchill, and Buddhadasa. Among people deceased in 1956, Samad Vurgun ranks 108. Before him are Walter Gieseking, Heinrich Barkhausen, Stan Ockers, Eduardo Lonardi, Jean Hersholt, and Henri Callot. After him are Louis Rosier, Meghnad Saha, Vladimir Obruchev, Jacques Moeschal, Walther Kossel, and Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Samad Vurgun ranks 52 out of 232. Before him are Anatoliy Banishevskiy (1946), Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940), Vsevolod Merkulov (1895), Vladimir Dekanozov (1898), Shovkat Alakbarova (1922), and Samad bey Mehmandarov (1855). After him are Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869), Kerim Kerimov (1917), Ahmad Javad (1892), Hazi Aslanov (1910), Azim Azimzade (1880), and Armen Ohanian (1887).

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Among WRITERS In Azerbaijan

Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Samad Vurgun ranks 9. Before him are Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Khaqani (1126), Banine (1905), Mirza Shafi Vazeh (1794), and Mahsati (1089). After him are Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869), Ahmad Javad (1892), Armen Ohanian (1887), Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (1925), Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (1794), and Huseyn Javid (1882).

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