Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj
(17.11.1906 – 13.07.1937) On 25 August 2022, the Writers’ Alley at the Cyrillic Court came alive with guests who had gathered for the unveiling of its 49th bust monument dedicated to a writer. It honours one of the founders of modern Mongolian literature, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj. Her Excellency Lkhagvasuren Sayanaa, Ambassador of the Republic of Mongolia […]
David Kugultinov (Көглтин Дава)
(13.3.1922 – 17.6.2006) “These things happened – many times I studied the old Kalmyks, carefully searching their bronze faces for the imprint of the past.” These verses by the People’s Poet of Kalmykia, journalist and politician David Kugultinov express his deep connection with the fate of his ancestors. His compatriots call him “the beginning of […]
Namzhil Nimbuev
(11.6.1948 – 5.10.1971) “My father is handsome because he wears glasses. My mother is beautiful because she wears earrings.” This poetic declaration of love for the people dearest to him was written by little Namzhil when he was only five years old. Born into the close-knit family of the great Buryat poet Shirab Nimbuev, his […]
Aleksey Yeliseyevich Kulakovsky (Өксөкүлээх Өлөксөй)
(4 (16).03.1877 – 6.06.1926) To live passionately,To breathe eagerly,To taste the bitterness,To savour the joy,Through troubles and hardshipsTo boldly make your way —That is whatMakes life worth being born for! “To live passionately, to breathe eagerly, to experience sorrow, to taste joy, to walk boldly through troubles and hardships – that is what makes life […]
Leonid Hurunts (Լեոնիդ Հուրունց)
(7.01. 1913 – 21.11.1982) As an intellectual endowed with the divine spark of a “poet of prose,” and as an aristocrat at heart, he never picked up the gauntlet thrown down by plebeian and belligerent mediocrity – with these words, Armenian writer Zori Balayan described the sensitive yet uncompromising human and creative character of his […]
Abuzar Aidamirov (Abuzar Abdulkhakimovich Aidamirov)
(29.10.1929 – 27.5.2005) The spiritual mentor of the Chechen people – this is how teacher, writer, poet and public figure Abuzar Aidamirov lives in the thoughts and memory of his compatriots. To them, he was a man of indomitable character who throughout his life followed the wisdom: “Never solve problems with weapons.” Having himself participated […]
Yanka Kupala (Ivan Dominikovich Lutsevich)
25.06.1882 – 28.06.1942 For you, homeland of my ancestors,I would spare nothing in this world.I would sing so all could hear your fate,and build palaces upon your graves. Thus begins one of the declarations of love for his homeland by the poet, writer and playwright Yanka Kupala – one of the founders of Belarusian literature. […]
Effendi Kapiev (Эффенди Мансурович Капиев)
(13.3.1909 – 27.1.1944) Effendi Kapiev lived for only 35 years, yet he succeeded in leaving a significant mark on the prose, poetry, journalism, folklore studies and literary criticism of Dagestani and Russian culture. A Lak by origin and born into the family of an engraver and jeweller, Effendi spent his childhood in Stavropol, where he […]
Shah-Emir Muradov (Шах-Эмир Мурадов)
(5.5.1913 – 1996) “The Great Optimist” – this is how the people of Dagestan refer to the Lezgin poet born in the village of Kurush, the highest-altitude settlement in Europe, surrounded by majestic mountains. The purity and beauty of his native landscape filled the life and work of Shah-Emir Muradov with deep love and faith […]
Ahmedkhan Abu-Bakar (Гlяхlмадхан Абу-Бакар)
(12.12.1931 – 23.10.1991) Ahmedkhan Abu-Bakar was a writer, publicist, screenwriter and the first Dargin playwright. He graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literary Institute and completed screenwriting courses in Moscow. During his sixty-year life, he created a diverse body of literary and cinematic works. His first works were published in the newspaper Kolkhoz Banner (1949) and […]