Gasham Najafzadeh

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Gasham Najafzadeh
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Born (1959-04-01) April 1, 1959 (age 63)
OccupationPoet

Qasham Najafzadeh ( Najafov Qasham Mirza oghlu ) (born April 1, 1959 in Imishli, Azerbaijan Republic) is an Azerbaijani poet.

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Education and career

Qasham Najafzadeh in 1981 he was graduated from the faculty of Language-literature of Ganja State University. Since 1997 he is the member of Azerbaijan Writers’ Association. For some years he worked as a teacher of language and literature in Imishli and in Baku. He worked secretary responsible at the newspaper of “ Madaniyyat” ( “ Culture”) At present he is the member of administrative personnel of Azerbaijan Writers’ Association, the chief of the department of Children's literature, the member of expert group attached at the National Radio and Television, chief teacher at the University of Tafakkur . He participated at the 38 th International Poetry Festival held in the Netherlands in 2007. In 2006 he was awarded with prize of Tofig Mahmud, and in 2008 he was awarded with the prize of Rasul Rza. His poems were translated into more than 20 languages- English, Uzbek, Kirghiz, French, German, Alban, Tamil, Georgian, Russian, Spanish, Persian, Poland and others. Up today his 22 books were published. . Five of these books were published in the foreign countries. He is married, he has two sons and a daughter.

Awards and festivals

The poet was awarded with the Tofig Mahmudov Prize by Azerbaijan Writers Union for his poems written for children. G.Najafzade took part in the 38th International Poetry Festival organized in Europe in 2007 and was invited to participate in the 18th International Poetry Festival to be held in Medellin, Colombia. Recently he was awarded the International Rasul Rza prize.

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