Pioneer of Southern Azerbaijan Children’s Literature: Samed Behrengi

Abstract

Behrengi, who was closely interested in the problems of his time and the problems of the people he was a member of, realized the importance of raising Turkish children correctly and conveying the right messages to them, and wrote his works in fairy tale form to appeal to children. His masterpiece that brought him the real fame is his work called Little Black Fish and this work is described as “political manifesto”. S. Behrengi, who taught in the remote village schools of Azerbaijan, always spoke in Azerbaijani Turkish and wrote all of his works in his native language. He wrote articles and essays on education and pedagogy as well as literary works that collected examples of folklore; He did translation work. Samet Behrengi is one of the authors who mirror the inner world of children and wrote about their clean feelings and desires. Therefore, he is considered the architect of children’s literature in Iran and Southern Azerbaijan. In this study, within the framework of the life, ideas and works of Samed Behrengi in struggles, the contributions of the artist to the formation of Iran and South Azerbaijan children’s literature with the qualitative research method and the Little Black Fish sample were examined.