Konstantin Vasilyevich Ivanov

.. Konstantin Vasilyevich Ivanov ( Chuvash Иванов Константин Васильевич; * 15 Maijul / May 27 1890greg in Slakbasch ( Chuvash: Слакпуç, Russian: Слакбаш ) in the then government of Ufa, now in the county Belebei in Bashkortostan; † 13 Märzjul / 26. March. 1915greg. Slakbasch in ) was a Chuvash poet and founder of the Chuvash literature.

Life and work

As the son of a rich peasant family visited Konstantin Ivanov from 1903 to 1907 a school for teachers in Simbirsk Chuvash. Excluded for participating in anti-tsarist demonstrations, he returned to Slakbasch. In 1909 he passed the examination for the so-called teachers of the people.

In 1907, he began his literary production with translations of Lermontov, Tolstoy, Nekrasov Koltzov and from Russian into Chuvash.

Already at the age of 18 he wrote the poem Narspi (1908 in Simbirsk published ), which made him famous, was translated into several languages ​​and is also referred to as tschuwaschisches Romeo and Juliet. Among his better-known works include the poems fall, the hungry, our time, his ballads and drama slave of the devil.

With less than 25 years, Konstantin Ivanov died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Honors

In the village Slakbasch a museum was built at the life and work of Ivanov. The Chuvash Academy Theater was named after him as well as a street in Cheboksary.