Fəridə Vəzirova

Fəridə Vəzirova (15 February 1924 – 1986) was a World War II veteran and professor of philology in Azerbaijan.

She volunteered in 1942 at the invitation of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (Komsomol).

Vəzirova graduated with honours after leaving the army in October 1945 funded by Stalin's scholarship.

In 1948, she began working as a writer for The Teacher, a literary worker newspaper.

In 2014, a ceremony took place on the 90th anniversary of her birth[3] involving university professors, politicians and her daughter at the Writers Union of Azerbaijan.