Azerbaijani-Georgian Literary Relations in the Scientific 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 that in the second half of the twentieth 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 contributions 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 constituted a new stage in the fields of linguistics, literary studies, poetry, literary translation, and literary relations. The special place occupied by the theme of Azerbaijani-Georgian friendship in 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 and brought this ancient friendship to a new level.