Khadi Taktash
January 01, 1901 – December 08, 1931
Countries:
Russian Empire, USSR, Russia
Place of Birth:
Syrkydy, Tarbeyevsky District, Mordovian ASSR
Place of Death:
Kazan, USSR
Categories:
Poetry
Tatar poet, one of the founders of Tatar Soviet poetry.
Taktashev Mukhametkhadi Khayrullovich was born on January 1, 1901, in the village Syrkydy, Tambov province (now Torbeyevsky district of Mordovia) in a large Tatar peasant family. Initial education he received in the madrasah of his native village, then in the neighbouring village of Pishlya. During his studies, he began to compose poems in imitation of G. Tukai. Preserved relatives in the village of Surgod and Torbeevo.
In 1915, he went to Bukhara, worked in the house of a relative - a merchant, then - assistant clerk.
In 1918 he published the first poem "Төркстан сахраларында" ("The Deserts of Turkestan") in the newspaper "Олуг Төркстан" ("The Great Turkestan"). In the fall of that year, he returned to his native village, entered the pedagogical courses, after graduating as a teacher.
In 1919-1920 he lived in Orenburg, worked as an editor in the Tatar newspaper "Golos Bednoty" (together with the writer Afzal Tagirov), published there his poetry in the Tatar language.
In 1921-1922, he lived in Tashkent, taught his native language at the Turkestan Workers 'and Dehkan Communist University, wrote lots of works (researchers usually call this period romantic, Taktash himself calls the poems of this period gissyanist (from the Arabic word "rebellion")
In the summer of 1922 - in Moscow; enters the Communist University of the workers of the East; attends performances of Mayakovsky, Esenin and other poets. Soon he moves to Kazan; in 1927 his first poetry collection "Sons of the Earth" is published. His new works are published almost annually; he writes plays for the Tatar Drama Theater.
His sons are Rafael, Avan.
Died of typhus on December 8, 1931, in Kazan.
Taktashev Mukhametkhadi Khayrullovich was born on January 1, 1901, in the village Syrkydy, Tambov province (now Torbeyevsky district of Mordovia) in a large Tatar peasant family. Initial education he received in the madrasah of his native village, then in the neighbouring village of Pishlya. During his studies, he began to compose poems in imitation of G. Tukai. Preserved relatives in the village of Surgod and Torbeevo.
In 1915, he went to Bukhara, worked in the house of a relative - a merchant, then - assistant clerk.
In 1918 he published the first poem "Төркстан сахраларында" ("The Deserts of Turkestan") in the newspaper "Олуг Төркстан" ("The Great Turkestan"). In the fall of that year, he returned to his native village, entered the pedagogical courses, after graduating as a teacher.
In 1919-1920 he lived in Orenburg, worked as an editor in the Tatar newspaper "Golos Bednoty" (together with the writer Afzal Tagirov), published there his poetry in the Tatar language.
In 1921-1922, he lived in Tashkent, taught his native language at the Turkestan Workers 'and Dehkan Communist University, wrote lots of works (researchers usually call this period romantic, Taktash himself calls the poems of this period gissyanist (from the Arabic word "rebellion")
In the summer of 1922 - in Moscow; enters the Communist University of the workers of the East; attends performances of Mayakovsky, Esenin and other poets. Soon he moves to Kazan; in 1927 his first poetry collection "Sons of the Earth" is published. His new works are published almost annually; he writes plays for the Tatar Drama Theater.
His sons are Rafael, Avan.
Died of typhus on December 8, 1931, in Kazan.