Aziza Jafarzadeh

Aziza Mammed qyzy Jafarzade (December 29, 1921, in Baku, Azerbaijan – September 4, 2003) was an Azerbaijani writer and professor of philology. She was an expert on the history of Azerbaijani literature.

Between 1944 and 1946, she served as the head of the script department at the Jafar Jabbarli Azerbaijanfilm Studio. From 1947 to 1949, she was the director of the Theater Technical School, and from 1950 to 1955, she worked as an associate professor and department head at the Pedagogical Institute. In 1956, she held a position as an associate professor at the Kamchatka Pedagogical Institute. From 1957 to 1974, she worked at the Manuscripts Institute of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences as a senior researcher and head of department. Starting in 1974, she served as a professor at Baku State University.

Aziza Jafarzadeh was recognized as an expert in 19th-century Azerbaijani literature. She defended her candidate dissertation in 1950 on the topic "The Image of Enlightened Intellectuals in 19th-Century Azerbaijani Literature" and her doctoral dissertation in 1970 on "The Style of Folk Poetry in 19th-Century Azerbaijani Poetry."

Career Jafarzade headed the script department at the "Azerbaijanfilm" film studio named after Jafar Jabbarli during 1944–1946, before working as the principal of the theater technical director (1947–1949), docent and head of Pedagogical Institute (1950–1955), docent at the Kamchatka Pedagogical Institute (1956), senior researcher and head of department at the Institute of Manuscripts of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (1957–1974), and a professor at the Baku State University (since 1974). Jafarzadeh was renowned for her expertise in the sphere of the history of 19th-century Azerbaijani literature, and she defended her candidate thesis titled "Enlightening-intellectual figures in 19th-century Azerbaijani literature" in 1950, before gaining a PHD in the subject of "the art of folk poetry in 19th-century Azerbaijani poetry" in 1970.

Works

"Natəvan haqqında hekayələr" (1963) – A collection of stories about Khurshidbanu Natavan, the last khan of Karabakh, depicting her life in the 19th century. "Aləmdə səsim var mənim" (1973–1978) – The first historical novel by the author, focusing on the literary life of Seyid Azim Shirvani, a renowned 19th-century poet from Shamakhi. Order of Friendship of Peoples Shohrat Order "Mother of Azerbaijan" (2001) "People's Writer of Azerbaijan" (2001)