Omar Faig Nemanzade and “Molla Nasraddin” literary school

Abstract

The article talks about the exceptional merits of the famous publicist, writer, teacher, publisher, critic Omar Faig Nemanzade in the creation, formation and dissemination of the Molla Nasreddin literary school at the international level. The unity of beliefs and activities of our great realist writers Jalil Mammadquluzade and Omar Faig Nemanzade in the cause of the national awakening of the Azerbaijani people, in the struggle for freedom and democracy, is touched upon in a study based on concrete facts. O.F.Nemanzade, one of the main founders of the Molla Nasreddin literary movement, was one of the closest associates of Jalil Mammadguluzade in the acquisition of the “Geyrat” printing house, the beginning of the publication of the Molla Nasreddin magazine, which played an exceptional role in the fate of the peoples of the East, in the progress of science, education and culture. The writer has great merits in the selection of journalistic articles, feuilletons, telegraph news, as well as cartoons published in the magazine. The article mentions that O.F.Nemanzade, who worked at Molla Nasreddin until 1912, along with organizational work, also published journalistic articles and feuilletons with secret signatures in the journal, such as “Molla Nasreddin”, “Dardmand”, “Deli”, “Mozalan”, “Jahrachi khala”, “Choban (Shepherd)”, “Heyrani”, “Mashrutachi”, “Laglagi”, “Umidvar” and “Umid”, etc.