Äxmät İsxaq
Soviet–Tatar writer
Äxmät İsxaq (1905–1991) was a Soviet Tatar poet, translator and journalist.
Biography
Äxmät İsxaq was born 1 May [O.S. 18 April] 1905 in Kazan. He received his professional education at the Möxämmädiä madrasa and the Tatar Pedagogical Institute in Kazan, before starting work in the editorial office of the Tatar Regional Committee of Komsomol.
In 1925, he was sent to Moscow to study at the State Film School, but he soon joined the editorial office of the Tatar-language newspaper Eşçe (Эшче; The Worker) where he met the Tatar writers Musa Cälil and Kavi Najmi. In 1928, he returned to Kazan and began working for other Tatar-language publications, including the newspaper Qızıl Tatarstan (Кызыл Татарстан; Red Tatarstan) and the satirical magazine Çayan (Чаян; Scorpion).
In 1939, he became head of the Tatar ASSR branch of the Union of Soviet Writers, a position he held until 1942. In 1942, during World War II, İsxaq enlisted in the Soviet Army and served as a platoon commander and a military journalist first in the Russian Far East and then in Ukraine. After the war, he worked for the newspaper Vatan çaqıra (Ватан чакыра; The Motherland Calls) before becoming chief editor of Çayan in 1963 a position he held through 1969. At Çayan, he wrote under the pen name Qarəxmətne (Карәхмәтне).
Works
During his lifetime, İsxaq published some 40 books in Tatar, Russian, and Bashkir, including poetry, satirical works, fairy tales, opera librettos, reviews and critiques, and other works.
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