Baba Punhan

Baba Punhan
Baba Punhan
Born	Atababa Seyidali oglu Madatzadeh; November 5, 1948; Baku, Azerbaijan
Died	Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day; Baku, Azerbaijan
Occupation	Poet
Language	Azerbaijani
Ethnicity	Azerbaijani
Period	1962–2004
Genre	Satire
Notable works	Sad Truth; What have I said...; If Karabakh goes...;

Baba Punhan, born Atababa Seyidali oglu Madatzadeh (Azerbaijani: Baba Pünhan), (5 November 1948, Baku – 17 April 2004, Baku, Azerbaijan), was an Azerbaijani poet.^[1]^[2]

Biography

He was called up for military service in 1968, which he served in Kiev.^[3] He was praised for popularising Azenglish in Azerbaijani literature.^[4]^[5]

Throughout his career he composed numerous pieces of meykhana based on modern Azerbaijan.^[3]

Baba Punhan published about 278 ghazals.^{[citation needed]} His most well-known books include:^[6]

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Two poems of Baba Punhan at the Wayback Machine (archived May 7, 2006) reprinted in an Azerbaijani magazine in 2005

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Baba Punhan
Born	Atababa Seyidali oglu Madatzadeh (1948-11-05)November 5, 1948 Baku, Azerbaijan
Died	Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Baku, Azerbaijan
Occupation	Poet
Language	Azerbaijani
Ethnicity	Azerbaijani
Period	1962–2004
Genre	Satire
Notable works	Sad Truth What have I said... If Karabakh goes...