Shayhi Mannurov
January 15, 1905 – June 10, 1980
Countries:
Russian Empire, USSR, Russia
Place of Birth:
Tulbayevo, Takanyshsky District, Tatar ASSR
Place of Death:
Kazan, USSR
Categories:
Poetry
Born into a peasant family.
Since 1933 he lived in Kazan. Graduated from Kazan Pedagogical Institute (1937).
During the Great Patriotic War, he was a war correspondent. From 1946 to 1948 Mannur headed the literary department of the Kazan Theater of Opera and Ballet named after M. Dzhalil.
He made his debut as a poet in 1923. His first poetry collection - "From the depths of taiga" ("Тайга төбеннəн", 1928).
Pre-war Mannur prose is characterized by originality of language, wide use of phrases, dialectics, proverbs and sayings.
Among other works: patriotic lyrics, poems and poems for children, literary criticism, publicism.
Since 1933 he lived in Kazan. Graduated from Kazan Pedagogical Institute (1937).
During the Great Patriotic War, he was a war correspondent. From 1946 to 1948 Mannur headed the literary department of the Kazan Theater of Opera and Ballet named after M. Dzhalil.
He made his debut as a poet in 1923. His first poetry collection - "From the depths of taiga" ("Тайга төбеннəн", 1928).
Pre-war Mannur prose is characterized by originality of language, wide use of phrases, dialectics, proverbs and sayings.
Among other works: patriotic lyrics, poems and poems for children, literary criticism, publicism.