Chingiz Abulhasan oghlu Alakbarzadeh (Azerbaijani: ÃÂingiz ÃÂbülhÃÂsÃÂn oÃÂlu ÃÂlÃÂkbÃÂrzadÃÂ) was a journalist and writer.
He was born on October 17, 1936, in Baku. As a young man, he wished to become a musician. However, his father, Abulhasan Alakbarzadeh, disapproved, and so Chingiz Abulhasan studied philology at the Azerbaijan State University. After graduating, Chingiz worked as a teacher and editor of the newspapers Ià Âiq and ZÃÂhmÃÂtkeà Â. He then became head of the news department at the Azerbaijan State Television and Radio Company.
Chingiz Abulhasan's work includes the books Yarpaqlar tokulÃÂndÃÂ, GullÃÂlÃÂr dÃÂnizdàsonur, Qñzñl yÃÂhÃÂrli at, Vulkan, Zindan, and his autobiography, TürmàmÃÂnim ahñmdñr.
In 1986, Chingiz Alakbarzadeh was illegally sentenced to two years and eight months in prison. He was released in 1988. His time in prison influenced his writing of Zindan and TürmàmÃÂnim ahñmdñr.