Mushfig Chobanov

Azerbaijan Technical University

PhD in Philology

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8684-2722

mborcali@gmail.com

Literature and Artistic and Scientific Creativity

of Borchalishunas Shureddin Mammadli

Abstract

The article discusses the Azerbaijani literature that emerged in Georgia and the Tbi­lisi literary critic, especially the one who grew up in this literary environment, who showed fruitful activity as a hardworking scholar, experienced teacher, talented poet, skilled publicist, principled journalist, professional translator and public figure, and was recognized as one of the pioneers of the contemporary literary environment. At the same time, he devoted a large part of his life to the study of this literary environment and conducted a number of commendable studies in this field. The meaningful life of the prominent literary critic and scholar Academician Shureddin Mammadli, who enriched the study of Borchali with a number of valuable works in the field of literary studies and literary criticism, which have been turned into scien­tific facts in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, is considered, and his rich and multi­faceted scientific and artistic creativity is examined. It is shown that he was born and raised in Borchali, worked for a while in the edi­torial office of the Azerbaijani language programs of the Georgian State Radio and Te­levision Broadcasting Committee, then in the "Georgian" newspaper, the only of­ficial state press published in Azerbaijani in Tbilisi and Georgia in general, and later worked as a teacher at the Tbilisi State Pedagogical University and the Tbilisi Hu­ma­nitarian University, and currently continues his scientific and pedagogical acti­vi­ties in fraternal Turkey, and is the head of the Department of Modern Turkish Dia­lects and Literatures at the University of Ardahan and Head of the Dele­gation of the Inter­na­tional Charity Foundation named after Academician Madad Cho­banov in the Re­public of Turkey, our esteemed colleague, prominent literary scholar, Doctor of Phi­lological Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Georgian National Academy of Li­terature Shuraddin Mammadli, is also engaged in scientific research as a Borchal scholar, studying the past of Borchal, the past and present of this ancient land, as well as the history of Georgian Azerbaijanis, He conducts commendable research on ethnography, cultural, socio-economic life. At the same time, the research works of Shuraddin Mammadli, known as a very active and hardworking researcher and scho­lar, who is the author of dozens of books, several valuable research works, hundreds of scientific articles and publicistic writings on Azerbaijani-Georgian literary and cultural relations, are positively received and highly appreciated in the scientific circles of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey. In 2002, for his outstanding services in the study of Georgian-Azerbaijani literary and cultural relations, involvement in scientific research, development of scientific and literary relations, fruitful scientific and literary activity, and high-level translation of works of Georgian classics into Azerbaijani, our valuable compatriot - Shuraddin Mammadli, who was awarded the highest state award of Georgia, the Order of "ღირ­სება" ("Honor"), was elected a full member - academician of the Georgian Na­tional Aca­demy of Literature in the same year. In 2004, he was awarded the "Golden Book" for his achievements in scientific activity and the "Borchaly" award for his services in the study of the literature and history of Azerbaijanis in Georgia. In 2009, he was elected a member of the Scientific Board of the international peer-reviewed journal Turan SAM Turan Strategic Research Center of Turkey. In 2019, he was awarded the "Service to the Turkic World" award for his scientific research.

Keywords: Georgia, Tbilisi, Azerbaijan, literary environment, literature, literary criticism, poetry, national, press, literary relations, literary translation, scientist, poet, translator, Shuraddin Mammadli