Manaf Faraj oglu Suleymanov ( az, Manaf Fərəc oğlu Süleymanov; 3 March 1912, Lahich – 12 September 2001,
Baku
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Manaf Suleymanov was born in 1912, in the village of Lahich in Azerbaijan. He graduated from the Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute with honours and worked in the Azerbaijan Institute of Industry as an assistant professor. In 1942 he completed his PhD in Geology (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 Jack London, Somerset Maugham,
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,
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,
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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
Baku
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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
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* ''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.