Kamal Abdullayev
Birth date:
04 December 1950
Kamal Abdullayev (Kamal Abdulla) was born in Baku.
He studied at the Philology Faculty of Azerbaijan State University (1968-1973).
He was a postgraduate student at the Department of Turkic Languages of the Institute of Linguistics of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1973-1976). He defended his candidate's dissertation entitled "Syntactic Parallelism" (on the language of the "Kitabi-Dede Gorgud" epics) in Moscow (1977), and his doctoral dissertation entitled "Theoretical Problems of the Syntax of the Azerbaijani Language" in Baku (1984). His novels, plays, stories, essays, poems, and translations have been published. He is the author of more than 200 articles, more than 20 scientific books, textbooks, and monographs. He has conducted lectures and special courses on “General Linguistics”, “Text Syntax”, “Cultural Aspects of the Kitabi-Dede Gorgud” epics at universities in various countries.
Junior Researcher, Senior Researcher, Head of Department at the Department of Comparative Studies of Turkic Languages at the Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (1978–1983), author and host of programs such as “Azerbaijani Language”, “Goshma”, “Treasure”, “Secret of the Word” on television (since 1983), Head of Department at the Institute of Foreign Languages (1984 / 1993-2000), First Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijan Cultural Foundation (1988-1990), Chairman of the Board of Directors (1990), Head of Department at the Institute of Russian Language and Literature (1990), Professor of the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at Uludag University, Turkey (1994-1995), First Rector of Baku Slavic University (2000-2014), President of the Republic of Azerbaijan State Advisor on Interethnic, Multiculturalism and Religious Issues (2014-2017).
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Baku International Multiculturalism Center, Chairman of the Azerbaijan Creativity Foundation, Rector of the Azerbaijan University of Languages.
Honored Scientist, First Class State Advisor, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Academician.
Awarded the “Humay” Prize (2007), the “Shohrat” Order (2015).
People's Writer (2019).
