Abdulla Aliş

Abdulla Aliş
Born	Alişev Ğabdullacan Ğäbdelbari ulı (1908-09-15)15 September 1908 Kayuki, Spassky Uyezd, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	25 August 1944(1944-08-25) (aged 35) Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	Tatar
Genre	Fantasy, Children's Novels

Alişev Ğabdullacan Ğäbdelbari ulı

poet, playwright, writer and resistance fighter.

Life

He wrote mostly novels for children, the most notable writings being: Dulqınnar (engl. The Waves, 1934), Ant (engl. The Oath, 1935), Minem abí (engl. My Brother, 1940), as well as fairy-tales, collected to Ana äkiätläre (engl. Mother’s Fairy-Tales, 1941). He also wrote several pieces for puppet-shows, the most notable Sertotmas ürdäk (engl. The Blabbing Duck).

In addition to his writing, Aliş spent his early years working towards the construction and improvement of an

. From 1933 he worked as a professional journalist and executive secretary for the youth magazine Pioner kələme. In 1941, he was appointed Chief Editor of the Tatar Radio Committee.

In 1941, Aliş joined the

.

Notes

References

• "Абдулла Алиш".
  Republic of Tatarstan
  Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.