Jafar Jabbarly | |
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| Native name | Azerbaijani:Cəfər Cabbarlı |
| Born | (1899-03-20)20 March 1899 Khizi,Baku Governorate,Russian Empire (present dayAzerbaijan) |
| Died | 31 December 1934(1934-12-31) (aged 35) Baku,Azerbaijan SSR,Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Dramaturge,Poet,Screenwriter |
Jafar Gafar oghlu Jabbarly, (Azerbaijani:Cəfər Qafar oğlu Cabbarlı, 20 March 1899,Khizi – 31 December 1934,Baku) was the eminentAzerbaijani andSoviet writer, the founder of the Azerbaijan Soviet dramaturgy. He was a director, playwright and screenwriter.
After his father's death in 1902, Jabbarly's mother moved toBaku with her four children. In 1915, Jabbarly graduated from high school and studiedelectromechanics atBaku Polytechnicum for the next 5 years. In 1920 he was admitted toAzerbaijan State University to study appliedmedicine but due to his lack of interest soon switched toOriental studies. In 1923, he started attending lectures at a local theatre to fulfill his interest indrama.[1]
Jafar Jabbarly died at the age of 35 ofheart failure and was buried at theAlley of Honor. The national film studio,Azerbaijanfilm, a street, a square and ametro station in Baku are named after him.
On 22 May 1985 the "House-Museum of Jafar Jabbarly" was opened. It is located in the house on I. Gutgashinli street 44 (former G. Sultanov street), where Jafar Jabbarly used to live.[2]
Jafar Jabbarly started writing poems in his early teenage years and was reported to have had his first poems published in the Azerbaijani newspaperHagigat-i Afkar in 1911.[1] In the following years, he wrote more than 20 plays, as well as poems, essays, short stories, and articles. His works were very much influenced by the 1920s propaganda ofCommunist glory and celebrated appropriate themes such as equality,labour, education,cosmopolitanism,emancipation of women, cultural shifts, etc. Jabbarly's major accomplishment in introducingEuropean plays to average Azerbaijanis was translatingWilliam Shakespeare'sHamlet into Azerbaijani. In
in 1925 and directing it at theAzerbaijan Drama Theatre a year later.[3]
Jafar Jabbarly is considered the founder of screenwriting inAzerbaijan. Two of his plays,Sevil andAlmaz, both written in1928, were made into films in 1929 and 1936 respectively. Both focused on the theme of the role of women, theiroppression, struggle, and ultimately, victory over datedpatriarchal traditions.[4][5][6]
