Hamid Mammadzadeh

Hamid Mammadzadeh (; 1924–2000) – Azerbaijani writer, literary critic.

He was a teacher during the National Government of Azerbaijan. He was a member of the Democratic Youth Organization of Azerbaijan. He appeared in the media with his articles and stories. In 1946, he was awarded the "21 Azer" Medal by the National Government of Azerbaijan for his participation in the national-democratic movement.

After the fall of the National Government of Azerbaijan, he moved to Baku. He was a member of the Union of Writers of Azerbaijan, the head of the department of scientific funds at the Museum of Azerbaijani Literature named after Nizami, and a senior researcher at the department of Iranian philology at the Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Peoples.

Life Hamid Reza oglu Mammadzadeh was born in 1924 in Ahrab neighborhood in Tabriz. He received his first education at "Najat" and "Parvarish" schools in Tabriz. After finishing school in 1942, he studied at the Darul-mu'alim located in Tabriz. After graduating from this school, he worked as a teacher at the Safavi, Purandukht and Sanan schools of Ardabil for two years. the organ of the Azerbaijan Democratic Youth organization, and his first stories were published in "Pioner" and "Azerbaijan" magazines. and since 1958, the Azerbaijan Writers' Union.

Hamid Mammadzade collected and published documents and findings related to the literary works of Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Alishir Navai, Hafiz Shirazi, Mahammadhuseyn Shahriyar, Mirza Agha Tabrizi, Mirza Shafi Vazeh and others during his activity in Baku. There are works such as "Mirza Fatali Akhundov and the East", "Iranian literature on the eve and during the Mashruta revolution", "Bahar Shirvani", Seyyed Jafar Peshavari", "Memories of Tabriz", "Fadai" story, "Northern stories", "Stolen monument", "Tabriz smile", "Longing for freedom", "South Azerbaijani literature in 1941–45", "Motherland and Patriotism motifs in Southern poetry in the post-revolution period", "Molla Nasred's journal in Tabriz", "About the South Azerbaijani poet Sahand", "Sadiq Bey" Sadighi Afshar", "Hymnist of the National Liberation Movement", "Abbas Panahi (Makulu)", Mohammadi Mudarrisi-Tabrizi", "Southern Folklore", "Azeroglu", "Sheikh Mohammad Khiyabani", "Zeinalabdin Maraghayi", "Hamid Nitqi". He wrote a novel about Sattar Khan and Heydar Amioglu. Nasimi's Persian divan, M. H. Shahriyar's poetic works in Turkish, Nizami Ganjavi's poem "Khosrov and Shirin", Jalil Mammadguluzadeh's stories, Zeynalabdin Maraghali's novel "Ibrahim Bey's Travelogue" were published with his translation and compilation. Books "Stories" in 1957, "Footballer" in 1961, "First Love" in 1966, "Memories of Tabriz" in 1978, "Stolen Monument" in 1984 were published in Baku.

After the Iranian Islamic Revolution in 1979, he first moved to Tabriz and then to Tehran. Here, his stories and literary-critical articles are regularly published in the Turkish-language press. For a long time, he cooperated with the "Varlig" magazine published in the Azerbaijani language, and was one of the founders of the literary, socio-political magazine "Yol". He died in 2000 in Tehran.

Awards 50x50px — In 1946, he was awarded the "21 Azer" medal by the National Government of Azerbaijan for his participation in the national-democratic movement.