Gabdulla Tukaj
Gabdulla Muchamedgarifowitsch Tukaj ( Tatar Габдулла Мөхәммәтгариф улы Тукаев Gabdulla Möxämmätğärif Uli Tuqayıv * 14 . Jul / 26. April 1886 greg. In Kuschlautsch at Arsk ; † 2 . Jul / 15. April 1913 . Greg in Kazan ) was a Tatar folk poet , Literary critic, essayist and translator.
Life
Both parents died when he was a child. At the age of nine he lived in Uralsk , studied in Koran schools and attended Russian schools. From 1905 he worked as a typesetter and later published poems and satires in newspapers and magazines (El Marsa-Jadida) . In 1907 he made the acquaintance of democratically minded writers such as Xösäyen Yamaşev and Ğäliäsğar Kamal in Kazan , with whom he published the satirical magazine Yaşen (1908–1909), in which he castigated the tsarist government, the nationalist bourgeoisie and the clergy in poetry. He also translated Pushkin , Lermontow , Maikow , Pleschtschejew , Polonski , Kolzow , Nikitin and Tolstoy into Tatar .
Tukaj is often referred to as the founder of modern Tatar literature and the new Tatar literary language.
Honors
- In 1986 the Ğabdulla Tuqay Literature Museum was opened in Kazan . In addition to his death mask , memorabilia, photographs, publications, articles in newspapers and magazines and documents from people around him can be seen.
- In Saint Petersburg a memorial commemorates the poet
- Streets, squares and a subway station ( Metro Kazan ) are named after him.
- A state prize for literary works and works of art bears his name.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Gabdulla Tukaj in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ http://www.russianmuseums.info/M2166
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tukaj, Gabdulla |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Тукай, Габдулла Мөхәммәтгариф улы (Tatar) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tatar folk poet, literary critic, essayist and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cuddle |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1913 |
| Place of death | Kazan |