Manaf Faraj oglu Suleymanov (; 3 March 1912, Lahich – 12 September 2001,

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Life

Manaf Suleymanov was born in 1912, in the village of Lahich in

. He graduated from the

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with honours and worked in the Azerbaijan Institute of Industry as an assistant professor. In 1942 he completed his PhD in

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(kandudat geologo-mineralogicheskikh nauk). Mr. Suleymanov then lectured at several Azerbaijani universities. As well as for his academic contributions Manaf Suleymanov is well known in Azerbaijan for his literary work. He wrote several acclaimed novels. Mr. Suleymanov also translated from English to Azerbaijani literary works by

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, O. Henry,

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and many others. Manaf Suleymanov undertook historical studies as well. His renowned book ''What I Heard, What I Saw, What I Read'' (''Past Days'' in Russian) remains one of the best accounts of the history of

at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. He studied and published biographical articles on many Azerbaijani industrial magnates, oil tycoons and philanthropists such as

Zeynalabdin Taghiyev Hajji Mirza Zeynalabdin Taghi oghlu Taghiyev (; ) (b. 25 January 1821, 1823, or 1838, d. 1 September 1924) was an Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist. Early life Zeynalabdin Taghiyev was born into the poor family of a sh ...

. His other historical works are ''Lagich. My Motherland'', ''My Apprenticeship Years''. In 1991 he was awarded the title ''Azerbaijani Honorary Art Master'' in recognition of his large contribution to the development of national arts and literature. Mr. Suleymanov died in 2001 in Baku.

Books

* ''Yerin sirri'', 1948. * ''Fırtına'', 1960. * ''Zirvələrdə'', 1973. * ''Dalğalar qoynunda'', 1977. * ''Eşitdiklərim, oxuduqlarım, gördüklərim'', 1987 (available on-line in

* ''Bir kitabdan birgac sətir'', 1989. * ''Zirvələrdə. Roman və hekayələr'', 1988. * ''Azərbaycan diyarı. Lahıc'', 1994. * ''Son bahara çatdıq'', 1996. * ''Neft milyonçusu'', 1996. * ''Şərqdə ilk demokratik cumhüriyyət'', 1999. * ''Şagirdlik illərim'', 2001.

External links

Manaf Suleymanov. Taghiyev's Commitment to the Water Problem

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