Ille Tăhti ( cv, Илле Тӑхти; September 4, 1889 – February 22, 1938) is a Chuvash writer and

folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...

, and a member of

USSR Union of Writers The Union of Soviet Writers, USSR Union of Writers, or Soviet Union of Writers (russian: Союз писателей СССР, translit=Soyuz Sovetstikh Pisatelei) was a creative unions in the Soviet Union, creative union of professional writers ...

starting in 1934.

Early life

Ille Tăhti was born on September 4, 1889, in the Nüškassi village of the

Yantikovsky District Yantikovsky District (russian: Янтиковский райо́н; cv, Тăвай районӗ, ''Tăvay rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is lo ...

of the

Chuvash Republic Chuvashia (russian: Чувашия; cv, Чӑваш Ен), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvasia,; cv, Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuv ...

. He graduated from a rural school and moved into a Kazan teacher's seminary. There he earned the rank of teacher and worked at Tautovo High School in Alikovsky District.

Career

Tăhti collected national songs and verses. In 1911, he published a collection in Kazan in 2 volumes: ''Tavat, Melesh, Shuras songs'' and ''Shuras''. In 1922–1925 served as inspector Narkomprosa of the Chuvash ASSR. In 1925–1928 he studied at the Moscow Literary Institute, while working in the editorial offices of the magazine ''Ӗҫлекенсен сасси'' (A voice of workers) and newspapers ''Chuvash peasant'' (later the Kommunar newspaper). In 1928–1931 Takhti taught Chuvash language and literature in Cheboksary pedagogical technical school. In 1931–1938 he worked as a writer.

Publications

The author creates both prose and poetry. His works are publishing in magazines «Тӑван Атӑл» (Own Atăl), «Ялав» (Banner), newspapers. He have published 10 books: * «Колчак» – Kolchak (1919; 1935), * «Калавсемпе сӑвӑсем» – Stories and Verses (1930), * «Шехулла» – Shekhulla (1936), * «Калавсем» – Stories (1955), * «Суйласа илнисем» – Selected (1960), * «Поэзи, проза, публицистика» – Poetry, Prose, Opinion Journalism (1979).

Literature

* «Чӑваш литературин антологийӗ» (Anthology of Chuvash Literature), editors: D. V. Gordeev, J. A. Silem.

Cheboksary Cheboksary (; russian: Чебокса́ры, r=Cheboksáry, p=tɕɪbɐˈksarɨ; cv, Шупашкар, ''Şupaşkar'') is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia and a port on the Volga River. Geography The city is located in the Volga Upland reg ...

, 2003. . * Irina Y. Kirillova, "Своеобразие художественного мира Илле Тӑхти", CSU, Cheboksary, 2006.

Death

He died in

hospital following a longtime lung illness, on February 22, 1938.

External links

Ille Takhti, new publication, biography

Писатели, поэты Чувашии – юбиляры 2004 г.

Исследователи чувашского языка : Тхти Илья (Илья Eфимович Eфимов)

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