Ismail Shafiev
1913 – September 17, 1943
Countries:
USSR, Russia
Place of Birth:
Verkhnie Kigi Kiginsky district, Republic of Bashkortostan, USSR
Place of Death:
Kuzmino, Smolensk region, USSR
Categories:
Poetry
Ismail Shafievich Shafiev was born in 1913 in the village of Verkhnie Kigi, Kiginsky district and the Verkhnekiginsky village council of the Republic of Bashkortostan, in a poor family. Ismail's poetry is characterized by lyricism. Ismail has also worked diligently in the field of translation. He translated into Tatar the poems of Heinrich Heine, A.S. Pushkin, M.Yu. Lermontov.
In 1929 he graduated from a seven-year school in his native village, and in 1932 in Ufa, he entered the pedagogical faculty. Returning from the army, he studied at the Kazan Teachers' Institute.
In June 1941 he went to the military front. He served as a tank lieutenant.
The soldier-poet died a heroic death on September 17, 1943, in the village of Kuzmino, Smolensk region.
In 1929 he graduated from a seven-year school in his native village, and in 1932 in Ufa, he entered the pedagogical faculty. Returning from the army, he studied at the Kazan Teachers' Institute.
In June 1941 he went to the military front. He served as a tank lieutenant.
The soldier-poet died a heroic death on September 17, 1943, in the village of Kuzmino, Smolensk region.