Vurgun studies: researches and misinformation (Textological clarifications)

Abstract

The article deals with errors, in particular, textological mistakes and misinformation in the articles written about an outstanding poet S.Vurgun, and books published after the poet’s death. The problem has been systematized under the titles of the poems supposed to have been written by S.Vurgun, known, “unknown” poems, a separate poem or…, the poems which scientific-critical text has not correctly defined, and distortions per section have been investigated systematically.

Based on the facts that there are not autographs confirming the poems written by S.Vurgun, they have not been published in the indicated sources with mentioned signatures, there is not spoken about the mentioned poems in memoirs, letters, diaries, as well as a part of the poems has been included in the books of other poets, and published with their signatures, article shows that the poems have not been written by Samad Vurgun.

At the same time in the article it is touched the issues that some unknown poems of S.Vurgun “have been revealed” several times, parts from his poems and dramas have been included in his 7 volumes book as separate poems, main texts of poems in his 6 volumes book have not been defined correctly, date of many poems by the poet has misinformed and words in the text have been misread.

All distortions have been clarified referring to the autographs of poems and the published copies by poet. At the end of the article it is highlighted that removing misinformation is necessary and its ways of solution (deep and versatile textological researches in the poet’s creative work) have been shown.