*(August 16, 1925 - February 13, 2009) In 1942, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh entered the Faculty of Philology at Baku State University and graduated in 1947. In 1980, Vahabzadeh was elected a member of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences. He was one of the pioneers of the freedom movements that began in the 1960s. He ensured the publication of many works addressing the struggles of the Azerbaijani people by smuggling them abroad. Vahabzadeh, who paid great attention to using Azerbaijani Turkic in its purest form and articulating the feelings of his people, is known as the People’s Poet in Azerbaijan. Between 1980 and 2000, he was elected as a member of parliament five times. In addition to poetry, Vahabzadeh wrote numerous narrative poems and plays, and he also did translations. His work “Yollar-Oğulları” is dedicated to the Algerian independence movement, and “Mugam” is dedicated to the composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov. In 2002, he was awarded the Commander Medal by the Romanian Ministry of Culture for his book “Benim Garibim”. Translations into Other Languages: Turkish: 15 books, Russian: 14 books, Azerbaijani in Iran: 5 books, Armenian: 3 books, Uzbek: 2 books, German: 2 books, English: 2 books, Turkmen: 1 book.