Bagrat Shinkuba

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Bagrat Shinkuba
Republic of Georgia
Notable worksChanta's Arrival (1968)
The Last of the Departed (1974)

Bagrat Uasyl-ipa Shinkuba

Adyghe and Ubykh people. A prolific poet, Bagrat Shinkuba published First Songs, his first volume of poetry in 1935.[1] His novel The Last of the Departed is dedicated to the tragic destiny of Ubykh nation, which became extinct along a hundred of years.[1][2]

From 1953 to 1958, he was chair of the Writer's Union of Abkhazia. From 1958 to 1978 he was the Chairman of the Supreme Council Presidium of the Abkhaz ASSR.[1]

Reverse side of a 10 apsar commemorative coin minted in 2009 featuring Bagrat Shinkuba

Works

Notes

  1. ^ Abkhaz: Баграҭ Уасыл-иҧа Шьынқәба; Russian: Баграт Васильевич Шинкуба

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bagrat Shinkuba | Abkhazian writer and political figure | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. OCLC 1052102910.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link
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Bibliography

  • Цвинариа В. Л., Творчество Б. В. Шинкуба, Тб., 1970 (in Russian).

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