Tofiq İlham
- Name
- Tofiq İlham
- Life dates
- 1941–2000
- Occupation
- Poet
Works
Tofig Ainali ogly Shahbazov, known as Tofig Ilham, was born on August 9, 1941 in the village of Kyzlavar, Masalli district. Due to vision problems, he went to first grade at the age of nine, and by the age of 14 he completely lost his sight. He studied at a special secondary boarding school in Baku. In 1968 he graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Azerbaijan State University, now Baku State University. In 1968–2000 he worked as a teacher in a school in the village of Kyzlavar, Masalli district. Died May 30, 2000.
Biographical information follows the 2021 edition.
Sources
Anthology of Talysh poetry (2021), 71. ISBN 978-9952-28-569-7.