Gamzatov Biography

Rasul Gamzatov was the third son in the family. He began to write poetry as a child, his father was his first mentor in poetry. Sometimes he himself played on stage, played small roles. The theater toured a lot, Gamzatov was in remote mountain auls. On trips, he read his works in rural schools. In the war years, Gamzatov was published in the newspaper Bolshevik Mountains.

He wrote poetry about the exploits of soldiers, prepared essays and notes, talked about the heroes of the war from Dagestan. Since the year, he also worked on the radio, was an editor of the programs. He signed his first poems by the name of Tsadas, but then he took the pseudonym Gamzatov, on behalf of his father, Gamzat Tzadasa. The first collection of Gamzatov’s poems was published in the year when he was only 20 years old.

The collection “Fiery Love and Burning Hate” included poems about the war.

The Literary Institute in Moscow in the year Rasul Gamzatov entered the Moscow Literary Institute. He, like other students, lived in a hostel. He wrote about the years in the capital: no matter how modest a scholarship, but still we were regulars of the prime minister, went to a student manner. They taught the rules of versification, the history of literature, shared experience, helped publish works.

During his studies, Gamzatov met with poets Naum Grebnev and Yakov Kozlovsky, they became close friends. Gambnev and Kozlovsky were translated into Russian poems by Gamzatov, for work they used the substrate - a literal translation of the text with the explanations of the author. Gamzatov’s poems were published in the collection “My Earth” in the year. This book became the first edition of his poems in Russian, it was published in Dagestan.

A year later, in the year, in Moscow, in the publishing house "Young Guard", a collection called "Songs of the Mountains" was published. Writers spoke about the verses of the young author, and newspapers and magazines published works from the book. Even while studying, he came to his native village to stay with his parents and fell in love with a girl who decided to marry. Patimat Yusupova lived in the neighborhood, he knew her since childhood.

They played a wedding in the year. In the same year, Rasul Gamzatov became chairman of the Writers Union of Dagestan. He was engaged in public work: he helped writers release books, instructed young authors, talked with publishers and editorial offices of newspapers. Many verses and poems of Gamzatov first published in Dagestan in Avar, and then in Moscow in Russian.

His works are characterized by lyrical sincerity, as well as a sense of inextricable connection with the Motherland, with the traditions of Avar poets. Rasul Gamzatov wrote: in childhood, I lived with my small aul life, in my youth I recognized the life of the peoples of Dagestan, and in adulthood the world of our whole earth was revealed to me. No matter what the edges of me, fate abandoned me, I everywhere felt like a representative of that land, those mountains, the aul where I learned to saddle the horse.

Everywhere I consider myself the plenipotentiary of my Dagestan. Rasul Gamzatov in the year the poem "Goryanka" was released. In the work, the author raised important topics of traditional mountain customs and attitudes towards a woman. The main character of the poem is the Dagestan girl asyat from a small village. Father promised to give the asyat without her consent to marry a young man whom she did not love.

She decided on a bold act and refused the groom, which insulted her father. For disobedience, her parents expelled her from home. Asyat went to the city, entered the pedagogical institute, met and fell in love with the young man. But the former groom decided to take revenge on her - he seriously wounded the girl. Asat was saved by doctors, and the offender was punished.

Yakov Kozlovsky translated the poem into Russian. The work was reprinted many times, translated into foreign languages. The plot formed the basis of the play of the same name, which Gamzatov wrote, the production was in theaters of the country. In the year, based on the poem, a feature film was shot. On the script of the picture, Rasul Gamzatov worked with the director Irina Poplavskaya.

The finale in the film "Goryanka" was different from the final of the poem: it remained open. The tape was shot in the village of Chokh, one of the most picturesque places of Dagestan. He served in the mercy commission: members of the commission participated in the fate of convicts, helped to soften the punishment or release the innocent. After the x work, new genres appeared in his work: he wrote epigrams and messages.

Gamzatov’s works were published in large Soviet publishers, they were printed by leading literary magazines. Critics and writers in reviews noted the humor and the content of his work.