Gazakh: Writer Vidadi Babanli will be laid to rest tomorrow in the family cemetery in the village of Shikhli in the Gazakh region, writer’s daughter Leyli Babanli told APA. She said that this was her father’s will.
According to Azeri-Press News Agency, Azerbaijani writer Vidadi Babanli died at noon today at the age of 98, as informed by his daughter Leyli Babanli. Vidadi Babanli was born on January 5, 1927, in the village of Birinci Shikhli in the Gazakh district. He pursued his education at the Faculty of Philology of Azerbaijan State University, now known as Baku State University.
Babanli’s career included roles as a literary worker in the editorial offices of the “Azerbaijan Muallimi” (Azerbaijani Teacher) newspaper and the “Adebiyat Qazeti” (Literature Newspaper). He later served as a department head. He also held positions as the acting editor-in-chief in the dubbing department of the “Azerbaijanfilm” film studio named after J. Jabbarli, and as the deputy editor-in-chief at the “Yazichi” (Writer) publishing house.
His first printed work, a poem titled “Anam s?n oldun” (You Became My Mother), was published in the “Azerbaijani Zh?nd?li” newspaper in 1947.