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Rasul Gamzatov | |
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Расул Гамзатов ХӀамзатазул Расул | |
| Born | (1923-09-08)8 September 1923 |
| Died | 3 November 2003(2003-11-03) (aged 80) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Title | Hero of Socialist Labour(1974) |
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Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov (Avar:ХӀамзатазул Расул ХӀамзатил вас,romanized: Ħamzatazul Rasul Ħamzatil vas,IPA:[ħamzatilrasul]; Russian:Расу́л Гамза́тович Гамза́тов,IPA:[rɐˈsulɡɐmˈzatəvʲɪtɕɡɐmˈzatəf]ⓘ; 8 September 1923 – 3 November 2003) was a Soviet and Russian poet who wrote inAvar. Among his poems wasZhuravli, which became a well-knownSoviet song.[1]
Gamzatov was born on 8 September 1923 in the Avar village ofTsada in the north-eastCaucasus. His father,Gamzat Tsadasa, was a well-known bard, heir to the ancient tradition of minstrelsy still thriving in the mountains.[2] He was eleven when he wrote his first verse about a group of local boys who ran down to the clearing where an airplane had landed for the first time. A number of different poems by him also became songs, such asGone Sunny Days.
In 1939 he graduated from Pedagogical College. He had various jobs serving as a school teacher, an assistant director in the theater, a journalist in newspapers and a radio host. From 1945 to 1950 he studied at theMaxim Gorky Literature Institute.
Gamzatov was awarded theState Stalin Prize in 1952, TheLenin Prize in 1963, andLaureate Of The International Botev Prize in 1981.
Gamzatov died on 3 November 2003 at the age of 80 in theMoscow Central Clinical Hospital. He was buried in the old Muslim cemetery inTarki, next to the grave of his wife.
A monument to Gamzatov was unveiled on 5 July 2013 onYauzsky Boulevard in central Moscow.[3]
