Abbaszade, Huseyn Abbas oglu

Born in Baku on November 22, 1922 in a working class family. Member of World War II . He fought as a cadet, radio operator, and then commander of a fire platoon of anti-aircraft artillery batteries. In 1945, after a severe wound, he was demobilized as a disabled person of the second group ^[1] . In the same year he joined the ranks of the CPSU (b) ^[2] .

He graduated from the Baku Theater Institute . He taught at the university, worked in editorial offices of magazines.

• 1967-1971 - chief editor of the newspaper Literature and Art ( Azerb. Ербdəbiyyat və incəsəət ).
• 1971-1975 - chief editor of the children's magazine “Dove” ( azerb. Göyərçin ).
• 1975-1991 - Secretary of the Union of Writers of Azerbaijan.

He died in Baku on December 12, 2007 .

Published since 1941 as a poet. Prose began to write in the second half of the 1950s ^[2] . The themes of his works are related both to the war and to the life of contemporaries. His first novel, General, is dedicated twice to Hero of the Soviet Union Azi Aslanov ^[2] .

The main translator of Abbaszadeh’s works into Russian was science fiction writer Evgeny Voyskunsky .

Poetry collections

• 1949 - “Years of trials” ( azerb. Synag illur )
• 1951 - "Green Street" ( azerb. Јашыл күчә )
• 1954 - “To the comrades in arms” ( azerb. Silak Koldashlaryma ).

Novels and novels

• 1958 - 1961 - “General” ( azerb. General )
• 1962 - “The Case in Karadag ” ( azerb. Qaradağ əhvalatı )
• 1964 - Ləpədöyəndə
• 1965 - “A shadow fell on a house” ( azerb. “Evə kölgə düşür” )
• 1967 - Onu tanımadılar
• 1968 - “Knock on the door” ( azerb. Qapı döyülür )
• 1974 - “A guest from afar” ( azerb. Uzaqdan gələn qonaq )
• 1979 - “Whirlpools” ( azerb. Burulğanlar )
• 1985 - Alibaly's Difficult Flight ( Azerbaijani ербlibalanın ağır səfəri )
• 2000 - “See what people have passed away” ( azerb. Dünyadan gör necə insanlar gedib )
• 2003 - “One of the Returnees” ( azerb. Qayıdanlardan biri )

Bibliography of translations into Russian

• Case in Karadag: novels / trans. E. Voyskunsky. - M.: Soviet writer, 1966.— 261 p.
• A shadow fell on the house ...: novels and short stories / trans. E. Voyskunsky. - M.: Soviet writer, 1970.— 423 p.
• Dangerous sea road: short stories / trans. E. Voyskunsky.- M .: Pravda, 1970 .-- 48 p. [The Twinkle Library]
• Four Sundays: novels and short stories / trans. E. Voyskunskogo.— M .: Soviet writer, 1975.— 286 p.
• Recommendation: story / transl. E. Voiskunsky // Spark . - 1975. - No. 7. - S. 22-24
• Carpet on the balcony: story / trans. E. Voiskunsky // Spark . - 1977. - No. 48. - S. 25-27
• Guest from afar: novels and short stories / trans. E. Voiskunsky; foreword A. Sofronova - M.: Fiction, 1978. - 333 p.
• Crystal inkwell and blue "Lada": short story / trans. E. Voiskunsky // Spark . - 1980. - No. 5. - S. 18-20
• Crystal inkwell and blue "Lada": short stories / trans. E. Voyskunsky.- M.: True, 1982.- 48 p. [The Twinkle Library]
• Door knocker: short story / trans. E. Voiskunsky // Spark . - 1982. - No. 4. - S. 12-14
• Whirlpool: novel, novels / trans. E. Voyskunsky.- M .: Soviet writer, 1983 .-- 575 p.
• Request: novel / per. E.Voyskunskogo.— M.: Soviet writer, 1983
• Request: novel / per. I. Tretyakova // Young Guard . - 1983. - No. 7. - S. 23-86
• Squirrel: novel / per. A.Grich // Spark . - 1984. - No. 10. - S. 18-21
• Escape from the holiday home: story / trans. E. Voiskunsky // Spark . - 1985. - No. 41. - S. 12-14
• General: novel / trans. and foreword. I. Tretyakova. - Baku: Pagans, 1986.— 266 p.

Based on Abbaszadeh's works, 2 films were shot:

• 1973 - Dangerous sea road ( azerb. Dənizə çıxmaq qorxuludur )
• 1975 - Four Sundays ( azerb. Dörd bazar günü ) (also co-writer)

• Order of the Patriotic War I degree (03/11/1985)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor (11/19/1982)
• Order of the Red Star
• Order of Glory (Azerbaijan)
• Medal "For Military Merit" and others.
• Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR - 07/30/1979 ^[3]
• Laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1984)
• People's writer of Azerbaijan (1991)