Şərafəddin İlkin

Sharafaddin Sudeif oglu Hasanov was born in 1965 in the village of Badalan, Masalli district. In 1982 he graduated from high school, in 1982–1987 he studied at the Baku Petrochemical College. In 1985 he completed his military service. In 1987–1990, he was the director of the economic department of the Masalli tea factory No. 1. In 1990–1991, he headed the Youth Center at the Baku Local Industrial and Technological College. In 1991–1995 he studied by correspondence at the Azerbaijan Pedagogical University.

Since 1993 he has been working in print. He was an employee of the newspapers «Vaxt», «And», «Ekologiya», «Azərbaycan müəllimi» and the magazine «Azərbaycan təbiəti». Since 2005 - editor-in-chief of «Orta təhsil» magazine. Author of three poetry books: «Göz gözə yalan deməz», «Gözlərinə de ki...» and «Mən səndən küsmədim ki». Author of lyrics for more than 50 famous songs. Member of the Union of Writers and the Union of Journalists of Azerbaijan. Married, has a daughter and son.

Biographical information follows the 2021 edition.