Elbazduko Britayev ( os, Брытъиаты Цопаны фырт Елбыздыхъо , russian: Елбыздыко Бритаев) (23 March 1881 – 25 September 1923) was an
Ossetian author and playwright, considered the founder of Ossetian traditional theatre. Many phrases from his works have become
proverbs
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, such as "Love does not follow the rules of wisdom", and the characters that he created are being increasingly re-used.
1881 births
1923 deaths
Ossetian writers
Writers from the Russian Empire
Dramatists and playwrights from the Russian Empire
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