Eldar Kaisynovich Kuliev (31 December 1951 – 14 January 2017) was a Russian

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and

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. He was born in Frunze to

Kaisyn Kuliev Kaisyn Shuvayevich Kuliev or Qaysin Quli ( rus, Кайсы́н Шува́евич Кули́ев, r=Kaisyn Shuvayevich Kuliyev; krc, Къулийланы Шууаны жашы Къайсын, Quliylanı Şuwanı caşı Qaysın; 1 November 1917 � ...

, an acclaimed Balkar poet and Maka, his Ingush wife, during the

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of the

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and

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. His younger brother Alim Kouliev is a

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actor living and working in

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. His youngest brother

Azamat Kuliev Azamat Kaisynovich Kuliev (born March 1, 1963) is a Russian artist of Balkar origin. Kuliev was born in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, to the Balkar poet Kaisyn Kuliev and his Ingush wife Maka. His elder brother, Alim Kouliev, i ...

is a Russian painter living and working in

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Career

Kuliev graduated from directing class of Aleksandr Zguridy at the

All-Union State Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

(VGIK) in

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. He was married to a Russian poet

Bella Akhmadulina Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina ( rus, Бе́лла (Изабе́лла) Аха́товна Ахмаду́лина, tt-Cyrl, Белла Әхәт кызы Әхмәдуллина; 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet, ...

. From that marriage they have a daughter Elizaveta Kulieva, a Russian poet. He is a writer of original

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for the TV miniseries ''The Wounded Stones'', named after his father's poetry book and developed at

Dovzhenko Film Studios The Dovzhenko Film Studios ( uk, Національна кіностудія художніх фільмів імені О. Довженка, translit. ''Natsional'na kinostudiya khudozhnikh filmiv imeni O. Dovzhenka'') is a former Soviet film ...

(USSR) in 1987. Soviet authorities considered Kuliev's creative work, notably his novel ''The Farewell Look'', to be contrary to the "general line" of the existing political regime, and his works were placed under a publication ban in the USSR. Although the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Kuliev could not continue his career as a result of a car accident and a subsequent serious illness. Kuliev died in his apartment in

on 14 January 2017.

References

External links

* Robert Conquest, ''The Nation Killers: The Soviet Deportation of Nationalities'' (London: MacMillan, 1970) ()
Eldar Kuliev pasts away
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuliev, Eldar 1951 births 2017 deaths Russian film directors Russian screenwriters Male screenwriters Russian male writers Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni People from Bishkek Writers from Moscow