Shapi Magomedovitch Kaziev (; 27 March 1956 – 20 March 2020) was a

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

writer,

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just Readin ...

and script writer. Avar by ethnicity, he was the author of

historical novel Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to oth ...

s and other books.

Life and career

Kaziev was born in

Makhachkala Makhachkala, previously known as Petrovskoye (1844–1857) and Port-Petrovsk (1857–1921), or by the local Kumyk language, Kumyk name of Anji, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Dagestan, Russia. ...

, in the

Dagestan ASSR The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991), abbreviated as Dagestan ASSR or DASSR and also unofficially known as Soviet Dagestan or just simply Dagestan, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union ...

, and lived in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

since 1974. His education in scriptwriting was with the faculty of

VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, ...

(now known as the State Cinematography University). His cinematic debut was the screenplay of the movie ''Breakfast'' (''

Lenfilm Lenfilm (, acronym of Leningrad Films) is a Russian production and distribution company with its own film studio located in Saint Petersburg (the city was called Leningrad from 1924 to 1991, thus the name). It is a corporation with its stakes s ...

''). He was author of the film '' Rasul Gamzatov'' ("My Way"). He was awarded the 2003 special prize of the "Eurasian Kaleidoscope" Documentary Film Competition. Kaziev was a productive playwright. In addition to comedies and avant garde plays, he wrote historical dramas. His first published play was the ''Answering machine'', ''Modern Drama'', No. 3, 1986. In 1987 his play on

Imam Shamil Imam Shamil (; ; ; ; ; 26 June 1797 – 4 February 1871) was the political, military, and spiritual leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia in the 1800s, the third Imam of the Caucasian Imamate (1840–1859), and a Sunni Muslim ...

(''Captive'') was published. He made his stage debut with the play ''Newcomer'' (in Moscow, 1987). His plays have been staged in Russian and foreign theaters and on the radio. He was a member of the USSR Union of Writers since 1989. In 1992 he founded the "Echo of the Caucasus" Publishing House in Moscow and became its editor-in-chief (for the magazine of the same name and books on Caucasian culture and folklore). He gained literary popularity from his book ''

'' in series "The Lives of Remarkable People" (" Molodaya gvardiya" Press, Moscow). Four editions have been published from 2001 to 2010. He wrote in different genres (prose, drama, poetry, etc.). He also wrote for children. The total circulation of his books is over 50,000 copies. He won domestic and international literary prizes and competitions. He was involved in civic activities in the field of international relations and participated in international academic congresses and peace projects.

List of works

(Russian titles in parentheses)
Paints of exile. Novel
*

(Имам Шамиль
"Molodaya Gvardiya" Press. Moscow, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2010.
* Akhoulgo. Caucasian War of 19th century (Ахульго)
"Epoch", Publishing house. Makhachkala, 2008.
* Crash of tyrant.

Nadir Shah Nader Shah Afshar (; 6 August 1698 or 22 October 1688 – 20 June 1747) was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian history, ruling as shah of Iran (Persia) from 1736 to 1747, when he was a ...

(Крах тирана)
The historical novel about defeat the army of Nadir Shah in Daghestan. "Epoch", Publishing house. Makhachkala, 2009.
* Caucasian highlanders (Повседневная жизнь горцев Северного Кавказа в XIX в.)
Everyday life of the Caucasian highlanders. 19th century (In the co-authorship with I.Karpeev). "Molodaya Gvardiya" publishers. Moscow, 2003.
* East harembr>Everyday life of East harem (Повседневная жизнь восточного гарема). "Molodaya Gvardiya" publishers. Moscow, 2006.
* East harembr>Collection of alive jewelry. Audio book. (Восточный гарем. Коллекция живых драгоценностей). CD сom, Moscow, 2006. ISBN АВ-МР3-436

In paradise, travel. Plays (В раю, проездом. Книга пьес). Makhachkala, 2008.

Highlander's ABC Book (Горская азбука). Makhachkala, 1995. Moscow, 2002.

Awards

* Prize of Sheikh Saud аl Babtin. 1998 * Prize of the Union of Journalists of Moscow and the Government of Moscow. 1999 * Prize "Best feathers of Russia". 1999

2001. * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110716135026/http://www.litrossia.ru/2008/38/03282.html Big literary prize it. Rasul Gamzatov 2008.
Prize "Best books of year"
2009.

References

External links

Shapi Kaziev’s new books about Caucasus

Panorama of Russia

Shapi Kaziev's site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaziev, Shapi 1956 births 2020 deaths People from Makhachkala Avar people Russian dramatists and playwrights Russian male dramatists and playwrights Russian male novelists Russian historical novelists