Alitet Nikolaevich Nemtushkin (

Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizh ...

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

12 November 1939 - 2006) was an Evenk-Russian poet known for writing in and about his native

Evenki language Evenki (Ewenkī), formerly known as Tungus or Solon, is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes Even, Negidal, and the more closely related Oroqen language. The name is sometimes wrongly given ...

. He has received wide recognition in and outside of Russia, and his work is used by

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

to cultivate attention to the problem of

Language Endangerment An endangered language or moribund language is a language that is at risk of disappearing as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages. Language loss occurs when the language has no more native speakers and becomes a "dead langu ...

He has published more than 31 books of poetry, most of them in Russian, but some in Evenki.UNESCO 2011. “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger”

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1939 births 2006 deaths Writers from Irkutsk Evenks 20th-century Russian poets Russian people of indigenous Siberian descent 21st-century Russian poets Russian male poets Herzen University alumni {{Russia-poet-stub