Magomet Mamakaev

Magomet Mamakaev
Born December 16, 1910
— 1973

Magomet Mamakaev (December 16, 1910 – 1973) was a Chechen poet, prose writer, publicist, and literary critic. He is one of the founders of the modern Chechen literature.

Biography

Magomet Mamakaev was born on December 16, 1910, in the Chechen village Achhoy-Martan to a peasant family. At the age of ten he became an orphan. His childhood pain of loss, sorrow and pleasure are reflected in his poem «Conversation with mother» (1934). In his youth Mamakaev was a Komsomol member and studied in Moscow at Communist University of the Toilers of the East. The outlook of that period was reflected in its first literary works - «Morning over Argun», "Swallow", "Pondar" and lyric epic poem «Bloody mountains» (1928).

On pages of magazines «Revolution and the mountaineer», «On lifting» he argued with authorities of that time concerning description of history of the Chechen Republic during the period of the Civil War in the North Caucasus. He underlined in the articles the role of Russian intelligentsia in formation of the Chechen literature and art, value of rapprochement of cultures of Russian and Chechen people. Mamakaev's work in the Communist Party, Soviet bodies of Checheno-Ingushetia, in newspapers "Groznensky worker", "the Lenin way" was connected with Enlightenment. He organised publishing of the Chechen language political and literary art magazines. Mamakaev was not only a popular writer, but also a recognised authority in Checheno-Ingushetia. He edited books of poetry, literary almanacs, magazines, participated in preparation of the anthology of Chechen-Ingush poetry. The writer gave a lot of attention to education of literary youth. Mamakaev role in formation of the modern Chechen literature] has entered his name to the cultural history of the Chechen Republic.

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