It has been 118 years since the birth of the outstanding writer and scholar Mir Jalal Pashayev

Today marks the 118th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding writer and literary scholar Mir Jalal Pashayev, who made an invaluable contribution to the development of Azerbaijani literature, science, and education.

BAKU.WS reminds that Mir Jalal Ali oglu Pashayev was born on April 26, 1908, in the village of Ardabil in Southern Azerbaijan. When he was very young, he moved with his family to Ganja, where he spent his childhood.

Mir Jalal Pashayev began his literary career in 1928, and that same year he created his first scholarly work. His novel "Manifesto of a Young Man," and his stories, which reflected the era in which the writer lived as if in a mirror, brought him fame. And such fundamental works as "The Works of Fuzuli," "Azerbaijani Literature of the 20th Century," "Literary Schools of Azerbaijan (1905-1917)," and "Fundamentals of Literary Studies" became a significant contribution to Azerbaijani literary scholarship.

Mir Jalal Pashayev is also known in literary circles as the creator of a number of poetic works. In the 1930s, his poems and stories were published in the journals "Sharq Qadini," "Young Worker," "Revolution and Culture," and "Literary Gazette," and in 1932 and 1935, collections of essays and novellas were released.

His stories "The Garden Thief," "Doctor Jinayatov," "Exploitation," "The Matchmakers Returned," "After Plov," "Anket Anketov," "A Foreign Disease," "Mirza Shafi," "Biography of Mohletov," "A Friend's Banquet," and others are characterized by an inimitable satirical style. They depict the struggle between the new and the old, human feelings, patriotism, respect and love for parents.

In 1935, the novel "The Resurrected" was published, in which Mir Jalal Pashayev, as academician Mamed Arif wrote in the middle of the last century, "proved himself to be an attentive realist."

The writer authored six novels. Three of them — "Manifesto of a Young Man," "The Resurrected," and "Where Are We Heading?" — tell about the past, while "An Open Book," "Peers," and "New City" deal with contemporary life. In each of these works, the author traces the fate of several characters, reveals their individual psychology, and with convincing, memorable strokes paints their inner psychological world.

For his scholarly work "Poetic Features of Fuzuli," created in 1940, and "Literary Schools of Azerbaijan," completed in 1947, Mir Jalal Pashayev was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philological Sciences.

The works of the outstanding Azerbaijani writer, scholar, and educator Mir Jalal Pashayev have been translated into many foreign languages and continue to attract the unwavering interest of readers in various countries.