Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli

Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli
Yusif Vazir photographed as a law student in 1911
Yusif Vazir photographed as a law student in 1911
BornYusif Mirbaba oghlu Vazirov
(1887-09-12)12 September 1887
Shusha, Russian Empire
Died3 January 1943(1943-01-03) (aged 55)
Sukhobezvodnoye Gulag camp near Gorky, USSR
Pen nameChamanzaminli, Kurban Said, Ali Khan Chamanzaminli and about a dozen other minor pen names.
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, essayist, political activist
LanguageAzerbaijani, Russian
NationalityAzerbaijani
PeriodPre-revolutionary and early Soviet
Genrenovels, short stories, essays, articles
Notable worksAli and Nino (1937 as core author to which Essad Bey added some folkloric elements)
Maiden Spring (1934)
Between Two Fires (published posthumously 1968)
SpouseBilgeyis Ajalova
ChildrenOrkhan (1928–2010), Fikret (1929–2004),

Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli (Azerbaijani: Yusif Vəzir Çəmənzəminli), also spelled Chemenzeminli, born Yusif Mirbaba oghlu Vazirov (12 September 1887 – 3 January 1943) was an Azerbaijani statesman and writer known for his novels, short stories, essays, and diaries. Evidence points to the fact that Chamanzaminli was the primary core author of the famous romance novel Ali and Nino[1] first published in 1937 in Austria under the pen-name of Kurban Said.

Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli with his mother, sisters and brother, in his hometown of Shusha, Azerbaijan, around 1905–1906.
Baku Realni School
from which Yusif Vazirov graduated in 1909
Institute of Manuscripts in Baku where the original documents of Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli are archived, including diaries, articles, short stories, novels. Chamanzaminli's Fund is one of the largest literary collections, thanks to Kichik Khanim Ajalova (1875–1967), his mother-in-law, who hid his manuscripts during Stalin's Repressions.
  1. ^ "The Business of Literature: Who Wrote Azerbaijan's Most Famous Novel 'Ali and Nino'? Azerbaijan International, Vol. 15:2–4. 366 pages, available in English [1] or in the Azerbaijani language [2]