Zahir Əzəmət (Rəhimov)

Zagir Khanoglan oglu Ragimov was born on April 25, 1975 in the village of Yukhary-Nyuvedi, Lenkoran region. He studied at the Faculty of Economics of the Mingachevir Polytechnic Institute. The first poems were published in 1990 in the newspaper «Lənkəran». During his student years, he was published several times in the newspaper «Minqəçevir işıqları». Later, poems and articles were published in the publications «Mərkəz», «Palitra», «Yeni Azərbaycan», «Ədalət», «Azadlıq», «Ekspress», «Kino+», «Kaspi», «Sənət qəzeti», «Alma», «Yazar», «Ulduz», «Söz», «Mars», «Yazı» and other newspapers and magazines. In 2002, he was awarded the “Best Poet of the Year” award, established by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. His poems have been translated into Georgian, Russian and English.

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