Rassul Gamsatowitsch Gamsatow

Rassul Gamsatov

Rasul Gamzatov ( Russian Расул Гамзатович Гамзатов , Avar Расул ХӀамзатов or ХӀамзатил Расул * 8. September 1923 in Zada , Dagestan ASSR ; † 3. November 2003 in Moscow ) was an Avar poet, writer and politician.

Rassul Gamsatow was born on September 8, 1923 as the son of the poet Gamsat Zadasa in the village of Zada ​​in the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR) of Dagestan. At first he worked as a teacher, assistant to a theater director, journalist and radio. From 1945 to 1950 he studied at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow. He started writing poetry at the age of nine. In 1943, his first book of poems Plamennaja ljubow i schgutschaja nenawist ( Пламенная любовь и жгучая ненависть ) was published in Avar. Many of his poems became known in Russia in the form of songs. He also translated Russian literature from Pushkin , Lermontov , Mayakovsky and Esenins into the Avar language, as well as works by Avar authors into Russian. As an author of works loyal to the party, he was highly regarded in the Soviet Union. In his life he received many awards, including the Stalin Prize , the Lenin Prize , the Order of Lenin , the Order of the October Revolution and, on his 80th birthday, the Order of St. Andrew the First Appointed by Vladimir Putin .

His works include the collection of poems Caucasian Rhapsody , the novel Mein Dagestan ( Дир Дагъистан , Мой Дагестан ), sayings and toasts and the poem Goryanka ( МагӀарулай , Горянка ).

Private

Gamsatow was married to his wife Patimat († 2000) and has three daughters. Two of his brothers died during the Second World War. His younger brother Gaji Gamsatow (1926-2011) was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Web links

• Literature by and about Rassul Gamsatowitsch Gamsatow in the catalog of the German National Library
• Page about Rassul Gamsatow (Russian, English)