List of Azerbaijani-language poets

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North Azerbaijan

Iranian Azerbaijan

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Azerbaijani literature

Epic and legends
Epic of Koroghlu Book of Dede Korkut Ashiq Qarib Asli and Karam Shah Ismail Abbas and Gulgaz Abdulla and Jahan [az] Dastan of Ahmad Harami [az]

Traditional genres
Gazal Tuyugh Marsiya Qasida Mathnawi Bayati Ashik poetry Gerayli Qoshma Tajnis Ayaqli [az] Jighali [az] Nafaschakma [az] Dodaqdaymaz Qıfılband

Medieval

1200s	Izzeddin Hasanoghlu Nasir Bakuvi [ru]
1300s	Yusuf Meddah Kadi Burhan al-Din Zarir of Erzurum [ru] Ahmad Jalayir Qasem-e Anvar Imadaddin Nasimi Badr Shirvani
1400s	Jahan Shah Haqiqi Hamidi Isfahani [az; ru] Khalili Tabrizi [ru] Ibrahim Gulshani [az] Hidayat Yaqub bin Uzun Hasan Habibi Fuzuli Shah Ismail I Hagiri Tabrizi [ru] Khatai Tabrizi [ru] Kishvari
1500s	Shah Tahmasp I Sadiqi Beg Afshar Mahammad Amani [ru] Fadai Tabrizi [ru] Ziya Ordubadi [az] Fazli Saib Tabrizi Qovsi Tabrizi Sheikh Alvan Shirazi [ru] Ruhi Bagdadi [az] Ibrahim Mirza Jahi Shah Abbas I Fardi Ardabili [fa] Yusif Beg Ustajlu [az]

Modern

1600s

1700s

1800s

Historiography

Contemporary

Prose

Novels	Nariman Narimanov Ismayil bek Kutkashensky Mammed Said Ordubadi Mirza Abdulgadir Vusagi Sakina Akhundzadeh Mirza Khazar Mir Jalal Pashayev Suleyman Rahimov Jamil Alibekov Ganjali Sabahi Kurban Said Ilyas Afandiyev Mirza Ibrahimov Ismayil Shykhly Manaf Suleymanov Elchin Afandiyev Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi Magsud Ibrahimbeyov Chingiz Abdullayev Suleyman Valiyev Natig Rasulzadeh Afag Masud Akram Aylisli Aziza Jafarzade Naser Manzuri Yadollah Maftun Amini Mehdi Huseyn Isa Mughanna Heidar Abbasi Qilman Ilkin Vidadi Babanli Elchin Safarli Hamid Notghi Gholamhossein Bigdeli Hidayet Lala Hasanova Ali Akbar Seymur Baycan Rovshan Abdullaoglu
Stories	Jalil Mammadguluzadeh Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli Abdulla Shaig Samad Behrangi Anar Rzayev Rafiq Tağı
Essays	Ahmet Ağaoğlu Ali bey Huseynzade Hasan bey Zardabi Uzeyir Hajibeyov Jeyhun Hajibeyli Omar Faig Nemanzadeh Mammad Amin Rasulzade

Poetry

Classical	Mahammad Hadi Abbas Sahhat Sona Akhundova-Garayeva Aliagha Vahid
Traditional	Mikayil Mushfig Ali Nazmi Samad Vurgun Farhad Ebrahimi Rasoul Yunan Sahand Habib Saher Ahmad Javad Suleyman Rustam Musa Yagub Almas Ildyrym Alireza Nabdel Marzieh Ahmadi Huseyn Arif Teymur Elchin Famil Mehdi Nigar Rafibeyli Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh Nusrat Kasamanli Nabi Khazri Hossein Monzavi Mirvarid Dilbazi Gamar Sheyda Hasan Ali Khan Garadaghi Reza Baraheni
Free verse	Rasul Rza Fikrat Goja Vagif Samadoghlu Mammad Araz Khalil Rza Uluturk
Satire	Mirza Ali-Akbar Sabir Baba Punhan

Drama

Plays	Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev Jafar Jabbarly Suleyman Sani Akhundov Hashim bey Vazirov Sultan Majid Ganizade [az]
Comedies	Mirza Fatali Akhundov
Tragedies	Najaf bey Vazirov Huseyn Javid
Screenplays	Hasan Seyidbeyli Suleyman Reshidi Farman Karimzade Gamar Salamzade Eldar Quliyev Tofig Ismayilov Rustam Ibragimbekov Ali Gafarov Ayaz Salayev Vagif Mustafayev

Literary critics

Literary historians

Translators

Related topics

Literary circles	Divani-hikmat Majmaus-shuara Fovjul-fusaha Beyt-us-safa Anjumani-shuara Majlisi-faramushan [az] Majlisi-uns [az] Ghonchayi-ulfat [az] Gulustan literary circle [az]
Literary museums	Baku Museum of Miniature Books House-Museum of Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (Baku) House-Museum of Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (Nakhchivan) House-Museum of Samad Vurgun Nakhchivan Literature Museum Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature House Museum of Abdulla Shaig House Museum of Jafar Jabbarly House Museum of Huseyn Javid House-Museum of Mirza Alakbar Sabir House-Museum of Mammed Said Ordubadi (Baku) House-Museum and Memorial Complex of Huseyn Javid Memorial Museum of Molla Panah Vagif and Molla Vali Vidadi House Museum of Mirza Fatali Akhundov (Shaki)
Unions, institutes and archives	Union of Azerbaijani Writers Institute of Manuscripts of Azerbaijan Institute of Literature named after Nizami [az] The State Archive of Literature and Art of Azerbaijan
Monuments of literary figures	Fuzuli (Baku) Jafar Jabbarly (Baku) [az] Samad Vurghun (Baku) [az] Sabir (Baku) [az] Nasimi (Baku) [az] Hasan bey Zardabi (Baku) [az] Mikayil Mushfig (Baku) [az] Nariman Narimanov (Baku) [az] Shah Ismail Khatai (Baku) [az] Aliagha Vahid (Baku) [az] Natavan (Baku) [az]
Literary prizes and honorary titles	Golden Pen Prize [az] Hasan bey Zardabi Prize [az] Mirza Fatali Akhundov State Prize People's Poet of Azerbaijan People's Writer of Azerbaijan People's Poet of Azerbaijan SSR [az] People's Writer of Azerbaijan SSR [az] International Prize in honor of Fuzuli [az]
See also	List of Azerbaijani dramatists and playwrights List of Azerbaijani writers List of Azerbaijani-language poets List of Azerbaijani screenwriters Azerbaijan emigrant literature Bible translations into Azerbaijani

Azerbaijani is the official language of Azerbaijan and one of the official languages in Dagestan, a republic of Russia. It is also widely spoken in Iran (in particular in the historic Azerbaijan region) as well as in parts of Turkey and Georgia.

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