Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub was a scholar and professor of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history.
Mirza Shafi Vazeh was an Azerbaijani poet and teacher. Under the pseudonym "Vazeh", which means "expressive, clear", he wrote in both Azerbaijani and Persian, developing the traditions of poetry in both languages. He compiled the first anthology of Azerbaijani poetry and a Tatar-Russian dictionary for the Tiflis gymnasium with Russian teacher Ivan Grigoriev.
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), located in Baku, is the main state research organization and the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in Azerbaijan. It was established on 23 January 1945.
Xırdalan is a city, municipality and the capital of the Absheron District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 95,200. Khirdalan is home of country's biggest brewery Baltika Baku, previously known as Xırdalan. A monument to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was erected in 2007 in the city. Similarly, a statue of Heydar Aliyev was erected in Cairo in 2008. In the wake of the 2011 Egyptian protests, the Azerbaijani opposition, led by the Musavat party, demanded the demolition of the statue, calling it a "worship of idols". On 8 June 2011, the statue was taken down following Mubarak's resignation.
Huseyn Javid ,was born Huseyn Abdulla oglu Rasizadeh, was a prominent Azerbaijani poet and playwright of the early 20th century. He was one of the founders of progressive romanticism movement in the contemporary Azerbaijani literature. He was exiled during the Stalin purges in the USSR.
Bushra Farrukh, is a Pakistani poet. She was born in Peshawar. She is one of the female Urdu poets of Pakistan. She has served Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan as an announcer. She is the artist of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa who has performed in four different languages Urdu, Pashto, Hindko and English at television and radio. Bushra Farrukh has performed many radio and television programs. All her programs have been enjoyed especially among the youth.
Dilyara Alakbar qizi Aliyeva, Ph.D., was an Azerbaijani philologist, translator and Women's rights activist and Member of Supreme Council of Azerbaijan in 1990–1991.
Sindhi Adabi Sangat is an organization of the writers of Sindhi language that has branches in Sindh, Pakistan and abroad as well. Because of its great number and well-built organization, it is considered as the biggest Adabi Tanzeem of Asia.
Hamid Mammadtaghi oglu Arasly was an Azerbaijani literary critic, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, and an academic at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. He is acknowledged as one of the most prominent literary critics and philologists of Azerbaijan.
Majmaus-shuara was a 19th-century literary council in Azerbaijan.
Beyt-us-safa was a literary council which was first held in the 19th century in Azerbaijan.
Famil Mehdi (1934–2003) was an Azerbaijani poet, critic, publicist, a member of the Writers Union since 1959, a doctor of philology science (1974), and professor (1977).
Nigar Hasan-Zadeh, is a poet, philologist of Russian language and literature. She is a member of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers and a member of Pen International Director of "Söz" literary project run by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan.
The Nakhchivan Literature Museum is a museum, research center and educational institution in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The Nakhchivan Literature Museum is named after the Azerbaijani journalist, educator and satiric writer Jalil Mammadguluzadeh.
Hajji Lotf-Ali Beg Azar Bigdeli, better known as Azar Bigdeli, was an Iranian anthologist and poet. He is principally known for his biographical anthology of some 850 Persian-writing poets, the Atashkadeh-ye Azar, which he dedicated to Iranian ruler Karim Khan Zand. Written in Persian, the Persian studies academic J.T.P. de Bruijn considers it "the most important Persian anthology of the eighteenth century". Azar was a leading figure of the bazgasht-e adabi movement, which sought to return the stylistic standards of early Persian poetry.
Vagif Samadoghlu was an Azerbaijani poet, playwright, publicist, People's Poet of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Ruhulla Fatulla oghlu Axhundov was an Azerbaijani actor, director, People's Artist of the USSR.
Azerbaijan emigrant literature is one of the branches of Azerbaijani literature.
Press in the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic is one of the stages in the history of the Azerbaijani press (1918-20). During these two years, there were about 100 newspapers and magazines published in ADR.
"Vagif" is a play by the Azerbaijani poet Samad Vurgun, written in 1937 in 3 acts and II scenes. It was dedicated to the fate of the 18th century Azerbaijani poet and statesman Molla Panah Vagif.
