Jalil Mammadguluzadeh
Birth date:
22 February 1869
Death date:
04 January 1932
Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (Mirza Jalil) was born in Nakhchivan.
He received his early education first in a mullah khanate, then in the Nakhchivan city school.
After graduating from the Gori Seminary (1887), he worked as a teacher for a while in the villages of Ulukhanli of the Iravan province, Bash Norashen of the Nakhchivan district (now Jalilkend in the Sharur region), and Nehram (1887-1897). Since 1904, he worked in the editorial office of the “Shargi-Rus” newspaper published in Tbilisi. The “Shargi-Rus” newspaper and its editor, Mahammad agha Shahtakhtinsky, played an important role in his formation as a writer and journalist. His first printed work, “The Postbox”, “The Raisin Game”, and the stories “Hard Work, Death and Discontent” translated from Leo Tolstoy were first published in this newspaper. He began his literary career with the allegorical play "Tea Machine" (1889). His stories "Mailbox", "Master Zeynal", "Freedom in Iran", "Gurbanali Bey", and the comedy "The Dead" occupy a special place in the history of Azerbaijani realism and satire. He was the founder and editor of the magazine "Molla Nasreddin".
Jalil Mammadguluzadeh died in 1932 and was buried in the Alley of Honor.
By the Resolution No. 211 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated May 7, 2019, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh was included in the list of authors whose works are declared state heritage in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
