Isa Mughanna
Isa Mughanna İsa Muğanna | |
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| Born | June 12, 1928 Mughanly, Aghstafa District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR |
| Died | April 1, 2014 (aged 85) Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Resting place | Alley of Honor |
| Occupation | writer, screenwriter, editor-in-chief |
| Alma mater | Azerbaijan State University Maxim Gorky Literature Institute |
| Notable awards |     |
Isa Mustafa oghlu Huseynov (Azerbaijani: İsa Mustafa oğlu Hüseynov, June 12, 1928 – April 1, 2014) was an Azerbaijani writer, screenwriter and film editor, People's Writer of the Azerbaijan SSR (1988), Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1976).
Biography
[edit]Isa Mughanna was born on June 12, 1928, in the village of Mughanly, Aghstafa District. After graduating from high school, he entered Azerbaijan Medical University in 1945 but returned to his village after four months. Later, he enrolled in the Faculty of Philology at the Azerbaijan State University. In 1952, he graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow.[1]
He worked as the editor of the Literary Department in Azernashr (1952–1954), head of the prose department in the "Literaturnıy Azerbaydjan" newspaper (1960–1964), chief editor (1964–1968), editor (1968–1974), and member of the Script Council (1974–1979) at the "Azerbaijanfilm" film studio named after J. Jabbarly. He also served as the chief editor of the State Cinematography Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR (1979).[2][3]
Isa Mughann began his literary career in 1948 and published his first work "Anadil okhuyan yerda" in the newspaper "Ingilab ve Madaniyyat" in 1949.[1] His books were published starting in the 1950s, and films were adapted from his scripts. His works were translated into foreign languages. The film "26 Baku Commissars" received the best historical-revolutionary film award at the All-Union Leningrad Festival in 1968.[4]
He passed away on April 1, 2014, in Baku.[4]
Awards
[edit]- Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR – December 23, 1976[5]
- Diploma and prize of the Writers' Union of Kyrgyzstan — 1976
- Order of the Badge of Honour — 1978
- People's Writer of the Azerbaijan SSR – June 23, 1988
- Istiglal Order — June 11, 1998[6]
- "Nasimi" Award — 2012
References
[edit]- ^ a b "İsa Muğanna – müasir Azərbaycan ədəbiyyatının klassiki". 2022-06-12.
- ^ Азербайджанской ССР кинематография. Кино: Энциклопедический словарь / Гл. ред. С. И. Юткевич; Редкол.: Ю. С. Афанасьев, В. Е. Баскаков, И. В. Вайсфельд и др. Москва: Советская энциклопедия. 1987. p. 13.
- ^ Azərbaycan Milli Ensiklopediyası: Azərbaycan. Ramiz Məmmədov. Kino. Azərbaycan Milli Ensiklopediyası Elmi Mərkəzi. 2007. p. 814.
- ^ a b "Azərbaycanın tanınmış yazıçısı İsa Muğanna vəfat edib". Trend.Az (in Azerbaijani). 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "Respublika kino sənəti işçilərinə Azərbaycan SSR fəxri adlarının verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan SSR Ali Soveti Rəyasət Heyətinin 23 dekabr 1976-cı il tarixli Fərmanı" (PDF).
- ^ "İ. M. Hüseynovun "İstiqlal" ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLIKASI PREZIDENTININ FƏRMANI". 1998-06-11.
- 2014 deaths
- 1928 births
- Burials at Alley of Honor
- Honored Art Workers of the Azerbaijan SSR
- Recipients of the Istiglal Order
- Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
- 20th-century Azerbaijani writers
- Azerbaijani screenwriters
- Soviet male writers
- Soviet screenwriters
- Soviet male screenwriters
- Azerbaijani male novelists
- Maxim Gorky Literature Institute alumni