Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov (, ; rus, Расу́л Гамза́тович Гамза́тов, p=rɐˈsul ɡɐmˈzatəvʲɪtɕ ɡɐmˈzatəf, a=Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov.ru.vorb.oga; 8 September 19233 November 2003) was a Soviet and Russian poet who wrote in Avar. Among his poems was '' Zhuravli'', which became a well-known

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Life

Gamzatov was born on 8 September 1923 in the Avar village of Tsada in the north-east

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. His father, Gamzat Tsadasa, was a well-known bard, heir to the ancient tradition of minstrelsy still thriving in the mountains. He was eleven when he wrote his first verse about a group of local boys who ran down to the clearing where an airplane had landed for the first time. A number of different poems by him also became songs, such as ''Gone Sunny Days''. In 1939 he graduated from Pedagogical College. He had various jobs serving as a school teacher, an assistant director in the theater, a journalist in newspapers and a radio host. From 1945 to 1950 he studied at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. Gamzatov was awarded the

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in 1952, The

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in 1963, and Laureate Of The International Botev Prize in 1981. Gamzatov died on 3 November 2003 at the age of 80 in the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital. He was buried in the old Muslim cemetery in Tarki, next to the grave of his wife. A monument to Gamzatov was unveiled on 5 July 2013 on Yauzsky Boulevard in central Moscow.

Honours and awards

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(27 September 1974) * Order of St. Andrew (8 September 2003) – for outstanding contribution to the development of national literature and public activities *

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, 3rd class (18 April 1999) – for outstanding contribution to the multinational culture of Russia *

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(6 September 1993) – for outstanding contribution to the development of the multinational Soviet literature and productive social activities * Four

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, four times * Order of Peter the Great *

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(Bulgaria) *

(1963) – for the book "High Star" * Stalin Prize, third class (1952) – a collection of poems and the poems "The year of my birth" * State Prize of the RSFSR, Gorky (1980) – for the poem "Take care of mothers' * People's Poet of Daghestan * International Award for "Best Poet of the 20th century" * Writers Award in Asia and Africa "Lotus" * Jawaharlal Nehru Award * Ferdowsi Award * Award of Hristo Botev * International Prize Sholokhov in art and literature * Award Fadeeva * Award Batyr * Award Mahmoud * C. Award Stalskiy * G. Award Tsadasy * Order of the Golden Fleece (Georgia)

References

External links

*http://www.gamzatov.ru – Official site, coordinated by Ministry of national politics, information and foreign affairs of

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(in Russian and in English).
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