Nushaba Asad Mammadli

Nushaba Asad Mammadli (az. Nüşabə Əsəd Məmmədli) is an Azerbaijani writer, journalist, playwright and social worker. Her psychological works raise 21st-century topics. Commonly, she creates strong woman character who struggles with life circumstances. In some works, Mammmadli refers to historical motives (“Javan khan”, “Solomon's reign”). Her novels and short stories are translated into Russian, English, Polish, Georgian, Ukrainian, Persian and Turkish languages. Mammadli is the founder of “Impressionizm” in Azeri literature.
Early life and education.
Nushaba Asad Mammadli was born in Ganja, Azerbaijan, 8 December 1946. From 1966 to 1972, she studied and graduated from Azerbaijan State University in journalism faculty.
Career.
In 1972, she worked for the newspaper, "Kirovabad Worker", as a correspondent, department head, and deputy editor. In the period from 1990 to 1995, she worked as an editor of that newspaper. In February 1987, at the 7th congress of the Union of Journalists of Azerbaijan (UJA), Mammadli raised the question of returning the old name of Ganja to the city of Kirovabad, which at that time was criticized by the Soviet regime. In 1991, she published the first in the Ganja public-literature magazine "Motherland". In February 1992, immediately after the Khojaly tragedy, one of the few women's organizations in Ganja “Tomris” was founded by Mammadli, From 2003 to 2013, Mammadli served as editor of the independent and weekly newspaper "Ganjabasar".