Jafar Gafar oghlu Jabbarly, (, 20 March 1899,

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– 31 December 1934,

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) was the eminent

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i and

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writer, the founder of the Azerbaijan Soviet dramaturgy. He was a director, playwright and screenwriter.

Life

After his father's death in 1902, Jabbarly's mother moved to

with her four children. In 1915, Jabbarly graduated from high school and studied

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for the next 5 years. In 1920 he was admitted to

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to study applied

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but due to his lack of interest soon switched to

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. In 1923, he started attending lectures at a local theatre to fulfill his interest in

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.Jafar Jabbarli: Life and First Years of Education
(archived) Jafar Jabbarly died at the age of 35 of

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and was buried at the

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. The national film studio, ''

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'', a street, a square and a

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in Baku are named after him. On 22 May 1985 the

House-Museum of Jafar Jabbarly The house-museum of Jafar Jabbarly () is a memorial museum dedicated to the Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani playwright, poet, director and screenwriter, Jafar Jabbarly (1899–1934). History The museum is located in a house, where Jafar Jabbar ...

was opened. It is located in the house on I. Gutgashinli street 44 (former G. Sultanov street), Baku, where Jafar Jabbarly used to live.

Literature, theatre and film

Jafar Jabbarly started writing poems in his early teenage years and was reported to have had his first poems published in the Azerbaijani newspaper ''Hagigat-i Afkar'' in 1911. 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 of

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glory and celebrated appropriate themes such as equality, labour, education,

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of women, cultural shifts, etc. Jabbarly's major accomplishment in introducing

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an plays to average Azerbaijanis was translating

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's ''

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'' into Azerbaijani in 1925 and directing it at the Azerbaijan Drama Theatre a year later. Jafar Jabbarly is considered the founder of screenwriting in

. Two of his plays, ''

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'' and ''Almaz'', both written in

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, were made into films in 1929 and 1936 respectively. Both focused on the theme of the role of women, their

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, struggle, and ultimately, victory over dated

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traditions.Jafar Jabbarly: Film Activity
(archived)

References

External links

Cafarcabbarli.com
(archived)

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Life

Literature, theatre and film

See also

References

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