Rasul Gamzatov

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

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

His works include the poetry collection Caucasian Rhapsody, the novel My Dagestan ( Дир Дагъистан, Мой Дагестан ), meaning and toasts and the poem Gorjanka ( МагӀарулай, Горянка ).

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