Chingiz Alakbarzadeh

Chingiz Abulhasan oghlu Alakbarzadeh (Azerbaijani: Çingiz Əbülhəsən oğlu Ələkbərzadə) was a journalist and writer.

Chingiz Alakbarzadeh
Born	17 October 1936
Died	7 January 1999
Occupation	journalist, writer

Biography

He was born on October 17, 1936, in Baku. As a young man, he wished to become a musician. However, his father, Abulhasan Alakbarzadeh, disapproved, and so Chingiz Abulhasan studied philology at the Azerbaijan State University.^[1] After graduating, Chingiz worked as a teacher and editor of the newspapers Işiq and Zəhmətkeş. He then became head of the news department at the Azerbaijan State Television and Radio Company. ^[2]

Chingiz Abulhasan's work includes the books Yarpaqlar tokuləndə, Gullələr dənizdə sonur, Qızıl yəhərli at, Vulkan, Zindan, and his autobiography, Türmə mənim ahımdır.^[2]

In 1986, Chingiz Alakbarzadeh was illegally sentenced^{[clarification needed]} to two years and eight months in prison. He was released in 1988. His time in prison influenced his writing of Zindan and Türmə mənim ahımdır.^[3]