Manuvakh Dadashev
Manuvakh Mardakhaevich Dadashev | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1913 Derbent, Dagestan Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1943 (aged 29–30) Luhansk, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Notable awards |   |
Manuvakh Dadashev (Russian: Манувах Мардахаевич Дадашев; Hebrew: מנוחוב דדשב; 1913–1943) was a Soviet poet of Mountain Jew origin. He wrote in a language of the Mountain Jew (Juhuri).
Biography
Manuvakh Dadashev was born into a poor family in the city of Derbent in 1913.[1] He worked for the newspaper The Toiler, first as a distributor of letters, and then as a literary worker. In the same newspaper, he published his first poems.[2]
Dadashev studied at universities in
When World War II began, Dadashev went to the front as a volunteer. During the war, he continued to write poems and stories, which were published in the newspaper Dagestankaya Pravda. In 1943, in a battle near Luhansk, senior lieutenant Dadashev was seriously wounded and soon died of his wounds.[1] He was buried in Lugansk in a mass grave in the park named after "May 9". Dadashev was awarded medals: "For Courage" and "For the Defense of Stalingrad".[5]
Dadashev's poems were published in the Anthology of Mountain Jews poets, Fruits of October, and
In 1969, the Dagestan Book Publishing House posthumously published a book of poems. The Flame of October.[6]