Considered one of the most prominent authors of modern Azerbaijani poetry, his work is known for a romantic style that inspired patriotism.
After completing secondary school he studied at primary-school teachers' training college and in 1952 entered the Journalism Department at Baku State University.
A year later, on the advice of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers, he was sent to the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow to continue his studies, graduating in 1957.
His works of lyric and epic poetry are notable for artistic character and thematic variety, yet have an elegant simplicity of literary language.
The many songs composed for his poems are popular in Azerbaijani music, and most of Novruz's works have been translated and published in other languages.