WRITER

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samad Vurgun has received more than 80,716 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Samad Vurgun is the 2,623rd most popular writer (down from 2,052nd in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 40th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Azerbaijani Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

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  • 3.64

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samad Vurgun ranks 2,623 out of 7,302. Before him are Vladimir Sorokin, Nordahl Grieg, Dritëro Agolli, Günter Wallraff, John Wyndham, and Bragi Boddason. After him are Richard Wurmbrand, Neil Simon, Waldemar Bonsels, Orson Scott Card, Abraham ibn Daud, and Frederick Marryat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Samad Vurgun ranks 142. Before him are Lilian Harvey, Anton Karas, Paolo Stoppa, Jim Thompson, Princess Anne of Orléans, and Edward Ochab. After him are Wilhelm Boger, Joan Hickson, Eraldo Monzeglio, Francis Hong Yong-ho, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, and Artur Lundkvist. Among people deceased in 1956, Samad Vurgun ranks 97. Before him are Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Walter Gieseking, Victor Young, Carl Brockelmann, Marcel Griaule, and Mohammed Hussein Heikal. After him are Harold Bride, Vladimir Obruchev, Louis Rosier, Israel Zolli, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, and Frigyes Riesz.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Samad Vurgun ranks 53 out of 232. Before him are Shovkat Alakbarova (1922), Samad bey Mehmandarov (1855), Kerim Kerimov (1917), Anatoliy Banishevskiy (1946), Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940), and Leyla Mammadbeyova (1909). After him are Azim Azimzade (1880), Novruz Mammadov (1947), Ahmad Javad (1892), Vsevolod Merkulov (1895), Huseyn Javid (1882), and Meshadi Azizbekov (1876).

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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 Ahmad Javad (1892), Huseyn Javid (1882), Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869), Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (1925), Mirza Alakbar Sabir (1862), and Anar Rzayev (1938).

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