AZERBAIJAN-GEORGIAN LITERARY RELATIONS IN THE CREATIVITY OF ACADEMICIAN MADAD CHOBANOV

Abstract

The article examines Azerbaijani-Georgian literary relations. It is noted that sin­ce the beginning of the last century, Azerbaijani and Georgian literary re­la­tions have always developed in parallel in the field of artistic thought, especially poetry and prose, as well as in the field of science, and in the second half of the 20th century, the academic research and dissemination of Azerbaijani-Georgian li­terary relations entered a new stage. However, these relations were formed not by inertia, but by the creative relations of individual personalities. Just as perso­nalities shaped the literary environment, personalities also shaped and developed literary relations. Thanks to the great services of S.Vurgun, K.Kaladze, G.Leo­ni­d­ze, I.Habibeyli, E.Javelidze, L.Eradze, D.Aliyeva and others, the Azer­bai­ja­ni-Georgian friendship, which experienced its best period in terms of both scien­tific and artistic translation and literary relations, was continued in a new context by academician Madad Chobanov (1937-2023) in the second half of the last century. This scientific, literary and artistic tandem entered a new stage of its de­velopment in Azerbaijani and Georgian literary studies. These friendly rela­tions were briefly It constituted a new stage in the field of linguistics, literary stu­dies, poetry, lite­ra­ry translation and literary relations. Of course, there were cer­tain reasons for this; First of all, Academician M.Chobanov was born and raised in Georgia, re­ceived his secondary and higher education in Georgia, lived in Georgia for about 60 years of his life, and worked as a teacher, associate professor, professor, deputy head of the department, head of the department and chairman of the scientific and methodological council at the Azerbaijani department of Tbilisi State Pedago­gical University, where he received his higher education for a long time. Alt­hough he later lived in Baku, he did not break off relations with Georgia until the end of his life and regularly communicated with He visited Georgia at least 4-5 times a year, met with his former Georgian colleagues, as well as Azerbaijani scholars, poets and writers living in Georgia, closely participated in the literary environment of Tbilisi and the literary process there, and solemn events dedicated to his anniversaries were held many times in Tbilisi, Marneuli, and in his native village of Darbaz, where he was born. After he changed the world, the scientist's memorial days were celebrated in Tbilisi, as well as in Bolnisi, Dmanisi, Mar­neuli, Gardabani and other regions, many poems, essays were dedicated to his dear memory, books were written about his life and work, a series of articles we­re published in the Azerbaijani and Georgian press, various events, competi­tions, olympiads, races, etc. The books, which were elegantly printed in Baku and made available to readers, were presented in Baku and Georgia. These events were covered in the Azerbaijani and Georgian press, radio and television programs, as well as on a number of Internet sites, and all of this further intensified the friendly relations between the Azerbaijani and Georgian peoples. In short, the special place occupied by the theme of Azerbaijani-Georgian friendship in M. Chobanov's work not only revealed the literary, cultural, and spiritual heritage of both peoples, but also accelerated the multifaceted nature of literary and cultural relations, the process of mutual influence and enrichment, and brought this friendship, which has been going on since ancient times, to a new level. The em­bodiment of the friendship and brotherhood of the Azerbaijani and Georgian peoples in literary, artistic, and scientific literature, etc. These factors reached a new level in M. Chobanov's work, found their broad reflection in scientific thought, and thus, Azerbaijani-Georgian literary relations became even richer.