Ille Toktash
Ille Toktash (Chuvash: Илле Тукташ, romanized: İlle Tuktaş) (29 July 1907, Bolshiye Toktashi village, Alikovsky District, Chuvash Republic – 20 Jan 1957) was a Chuvash writer and poet. He was a USSR Union of Writers member (1934).[1]
Ille Toktash | |
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| Born | Ilya Semenovich Semenov 29 July 1907 Bolshiye Toktashi village, Russian Empire |
| Died | 20 January 1957 (aged 49) Cheboksary, Chuvashia, USSR |
| Pen name | Ille Toktash |
| Occupation | writer, poet and folklorist |
| Language | Chuvash, Russian |
| Nationality | Chuvash |
| Period | 1932–1957 |
| Notable works | Verses (1930) First victory (1932) |
Biography
Ille Toktash was born as Illya Semenovich Semenov (Russian: Илья́ Семёнович Семёнов) 29 July 1907 in the village Bolshiye Toktashi (Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic). He graduated from Alikovo middle school.
Ille Toktash participated as a reporter in World War II between 1942 and 1944.
He was the author of the collections Verses (1930) and The Wind of the October (1932), as well as short stories and essays. His novella Bull Ravine (1932) dealt with the collectivization of the Chuvash village. Tuktash translated into Chuvash The Tale of Igor's Campaign (with I. Ivnik), M. A. Sholokhov's The Quiet Don (book 1), and the short stories of M. Gorky. He is also known as a compiler of Chuvash folklore.
Ille Toktash died 20 January 1957 in Cheboksary (Chuvashia).
Creative activity
Ilya Tuktash created in a genre of lyrical poetry. Its products "Шурӑ кӑвакарчӑн" ("the White pigeon"), "Ӳс, ҫӗршыв, хӑватлан" ("to Grow, the country, get stronger"), "Тӑван ҫӗршыв" ("Native land") are entered by gold threads in a treasury of the Chuvash literature. The song written by composer Grigory Lebedev on verses of Ilya Tuktasha "Тӑван ҫӗршыв" ("Native land") became a hymn of the Chuvash Republic.
From under Ilya Tuktash's feather there were stories also. The master has reached successes in literary transfers: has translated into the Chuvash language some chapters of novels of M.Sholokhov "Newly plowed virgin soil" («Уҫнӑ ҫерем»), "Quiet Don" («Лӑпкӑ Дон»), M.Gorkogo's products «the Girl and death» («Хӗрпе вилӗм»), «the Song about a falcon» («Кӑйкӑр ҫинчен хунӑ юрӑ»), V.Shakespeare's sonnets, A.Navoi, V.Lebedev-Kumach bunting, S.Alymov's verses.
He did much work on collecting folklore. The material of oral national creativity prepared by Ilya Semenovichem was issued in its work «Чӑваш фольклорӗ» («the Chuvash folklore»), published in 1941, 1949.
Famous works
- «Сӑвӑсем» – Verses (1930);
- «Пӗрремӗш ҫӗнтерӳ» – First victory (1932);
- «Октябрь» – October
- «Вӑкӑр ҫырми» – Bull's ravine (1933);
- «Чечек ҫыххи» – Bunch of flowers (1939)
- «Павел Лаптев» – Pavel Laptev (1944);
- «Ҫӗр хуҫисем» – Terra owners (1954);
- «Сӑвӑсемпе юрӑсем» – Verses&Songs (1958).
Literature
- Iur’ev, M. Pisateli sovetskoi Chuvashii. Cheboksary, 1975.
- Efimov L. I., "Элӗк Енӗ" (Alikovo District), Alikovo, 1994.
- "Аликовская энциклопедия", editing: Efimov L. I., Efimov E. L., Anan'ev A. A., Terernt'ev G. K., Cheboksary, 2009, ISBN 978-5-7670-1630-3.
- "Чӑваш литературин антологийӗ", editing: Gordeev D. V., Silem J. A. Cheboksary, 2003. ISBN 5-7670-1279-2 .